Keeping
Growth in SCALE with our Neighborhoods
Are you
interested in influencing the future of Raleigh?
Do you
prefer growth that enhances neighborhoods and that doesn’t run the risk of
overwhelming existing infrastructure like roads, water and sewer, and schools?
Would
you like to see costs of infrastructure expansion shared fairly?
Then please
contact Community SCALE to join the SCALE-Forum, a group of like-minded Raleigh
residents who support growth that:
· accommodates and encourages
compatible development in existing residential neighborhoods,
· while reinforcing the
established character of the neighborhood, and
· mitigating adverse impacts on
adjacent homes.*
And
please consider taking the following additional actions.
·
Make sure you and your family and friends are registered to vote. Mark your calendars for City Council elections on
10/10/17. The power of one vote – your vote – is magnified because
turnout is historically low for these elections. In 2015 Raleigh City
Council elections, one district race was decided by just 237 votes.
·
Go to RaleighNC.gov and sign up to get
notifications of meetings and other topics of interest (subscriptions tab on
the top right page menu of many service pages).
·
Write and call City Council members and Planning Commission members whenever you see/hear about an issue of interest.
·
Attend meetings of the City Council, the Council’s Growth and
Natural Resources Committee, and the Planning Commission when you can. Meeting dates and agendas at City Council at RaleighNC.gov. Planning Commission details can be found here.
·
Attend your Citizen Advisory Council (CAC) meetings. If you live in Raleigh, you
automatically are a member of a Citizens Advisory Council. The City of Raleigh
has 19 CACs, each representing a different geographic region of the city.
·
If you're in District D (or even if you're not), go to DDNA
meetings on the 3rd Saturday of most months. 8:30 a.m., at the Thomas G.
Crowder Woodland Center, 5611 Jaguar Park Drive, Raleigh, NC.
Community SCALE (Streets that connect people under a Canopy
of trees with Architecture of different types and Land preserved
for a neighborhood Everyone can enjoy) formed in 2007, and in 2009
incorporated as a nonprofit to help keep the
citizens of Raleigh informed about a variety of development-related topics.
Among Community SCALE’s most important
projects has been advocating for the development of Residential Infill Compatibility Standards; these are a now a component of the Unified Development Ordinance code and regulations.
It continues to play a role in advocating for responsible growth.
*From the City of Raleigh Unified
Development Ordinance (UDO) Infill Compatibility Standards intent statement.
