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Phase 1 - Initial Engagement
July 2024 - September 2025
Phase 1 of Reflecting Raleigh wrapped up in July 2025. Throughout this phase, we worked to gather feedback from Raleigh residents, neighborhood organizations, and boards and commissions. Over the past year, we connected with residents by attending over 20 community events, hosting over 700 residents throughout the Community Conversations series, and received over 1,200 responses across seven surveys. Community input from this phase will be used to inform future policy and recommendations that will be included in the Next Comprehensive Plan.
Learn more about Reflecting Raleigh: Phase 2 - Plan Development.
Community Conversations
During Phase 1, we hosted six two-part Community Conversations and 18 Ask-A-Planners. Topics were chosen because of their importance to residents and relevance for the Next Comprehensive Plan. Topics for the conversations were:
- Affordable Housing
- Stormwater
- Transportation
- Trees
- Neighborhood Change
- Infrastructure
Each conversation was a two-part event. Part 1 featured a keynote presentation and/or panel discussion covering strategies and opportunities unique to each topic. Part 2 featured a State of the City presentation by city staff and other experts centered around plans to implement policies related to each topic. Residents also participated in a World Café discussion in small groups with guided questions, in which responses were reported for staff review.
- Review individual presentations and World Café questions from each conversation in our Community Conversation Toolkit (en Español).
- View Conversation recordings on the City’s YouTube page.
More About the Comprehensive Plan
The Comprehensive Plan is a long-range policy document adopted and amended by the City Council. It establishes a vision for the city, provides policy guidance for growth and development, and contains action items directed at the City to implement the vision. View our current 2030 Comprehensive Plan for policy guidance intended to shape how the city grows and develops through the year 2030.