Posted on: September 29, 2023
The New Durham Comprehensive Plan is adopted!
After four years of detailed collaboration among community members, Planning staff, and elected officials, with the common goal of producing an equitable final product, the 2023 Comprehensive Plan has been adop...
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Posted on: September 29, 2023
Durham's New Comprehensive Plan Update
Durham is working on a new Comprehensive Plan, a long-range vision for our community! The Comprehensive Plan guides what can be built where in Durham. The final public hearing on the new Comprehensive Plan was held Th...
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Posted on: August 18, 2023
As the Comprehensive Plan nears adoption and work is beginning on new development regulations, Planning staff is relaunching Planning Academy to help community members learn more about how planning works in Durham and how to have a greater impact on it!
Th...
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Posted on: July 25, 2023
The new Comprehensive Plan is nearing completion! Read updates on the adoption process and what's coming next!
Planning Commission vote and recommendations
On June 13, 2023, the Planning Commission voted 12-0 to recommend appr...
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Posted on: June 12, 2023
Final Planning Commission public hearing rescheduled for June 13th!
The formal adoption process for the Comprehensive Plan began on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at a meeting of the Planning Commission. The second public hearing before the Planning Commissio...
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Posted on: January 19, 2023
The full draft of the new Comprehensive Plan is ready for community review and input!
Online engagement through the project’s Social Pinpoint website has launched. Engagement will be will be open for two months – please plan to review the plan, attend a me...
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Posted on: January 19, 2023
After three and a half years of working together, we have a full draft of the new Comprehensive Plan ready for community review and input!
SAVE-THE-DATE!
Save-the-date and plan to attend one of these upcoming open house style in-person or virtual sessions! ...
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Posted on: December 5, 2022
Draft Actions for the Comprehensive Plan have been released. Actions are a menu of projects, initiatives, process improvements, and other types of actions that could be undertaken by local government to work towards the vision of the plan. The actions are...
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Posted on: October 31, 2022
The initial Draft Place Type Guide, Place Type Map, and Policies were shared in previous rounds of engagement and have now been updated based on resident and staff feedback.
These plan pieces are being shared now to show how the drafts have change...
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Posted on: September 20, 2022
Engagement Summary for the draft Policies
During the Spring and Summer of 2022, hundreds of residents shared their input on the first draft of the Policies. Through our Engagement Ambassadors, focus group discussions, and our online engagement, w...
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Posted on: September 6, 2022
We have a new ENGAGEDurham Website!
In our last news post, we shared that we are changing the website platform for ENGAGEDurham.com. The new site is now live! The site was designed to closely match the previous site, so you can find the same info...
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Posted on: July 25, 2022
Thank you for your input on draft policies!
The first engagement on draft policies that ran from late April through the end of June is now closed. Thank you to all the residents and staff who helped draft these policies, engaged residents on these drafts, ...
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