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. SCALE continues to play a role in advocating for responsible growth.
*From the City of Raleigh Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Infill Compatibility Standards intent statement.
