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ENDORSEMENT & ADOPTION OF THE REALITY CHECK
GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR QUALITY GROWTH
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Orange County, North Carolina, plan for the county
needs, enact local ordinances, establish new programs and departments, among other duties,
and
WHEREAS, Orange County, North Carolina, is a county of the Research Triangle Region, the
Research Triangle Regional Partnership economic development region, and the Reality Check
visioining 15-county region, and
WHEREAS, the Research Triangle Region has a projected growth of 1.2 million new residents
by 2030 and an increase to over 700,000 new jobs by 2030, and
WHEREAS, a collaborative vision for growth and land use for this region, Reality Check, was
initiated by a joint partnership between Triangle Tomorrow and Urban Land Institute Triangle,
and
WHEREAS, the Reality Check visioning exercise and results summit established consensus
among participants and attendees on the following Guiding Principles for Quality Growth:
TRANSIT
Improve regional transit, matching land use decisions with transit investments
VIBRANT CENTERS
Reinvest in city and town centers, promote compact development, density and mixed use,
Including a balance of jobs and housing
SUSTAINED GREEN SPACE
Define appropriate growth & preservation areas to protect open space, agricultural land and
resources, especially water supply and quality, and
WHEREAS, a Reality Check Action Committee led by Triangle Tomorrow will lead a Quality
Growth Initiative whereby each city and county of the 15-county Reality Check region will be
asked to adopt and endorse the three Guiding Principles for Quality Growth, and
WHEREAS, cities and counties in this region will be encouraged to and supported in using
these Guiding Principles to make future decisions about growth in their cities/counties.
Now therefore, be it resolved to approve, adopt and endorse the Reality Check Guiding ~
Principles for Quality Growth by the Orange County North Carolina Commission, this
day of , 2009.
Signatures:
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