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Phase 1 of Reflecting Raleigh wrapped up in July 2025. Guided by the Reflecting Raleigh Engagement Framework, the City engaged with over 12,000 community members through Community Conversations, pop-up events, presentations, and online surveys. People who engaged in this phase of the project learned about key planning issues and helped the City understand its priorities for Raleigh’s future.
The City also completed a Community Inventory to understand how Raleigh has changed since the last plan was adopted, current conditions, and the challenges and opportunities that are likely ahead.
Community Conversations
During Phase 1, we hosted six Community Conversations on the following key planning issues:
- Affordable Housing
- Stormwater Management
- Transportation and Traffic
- Trees and Urban Ecosystems
- Neighborhood Change
- Sustainable Infrastructure & Services
Each event featured a keynote presentation or panel discussion, a state of the city presentation, a World Café conversation, and Ask-A-Planner events for further discussion.
You can view materials from all six conversations in the Community Conversation Toolkit (en Español), or review any of the presentations on the City’s YouTube channel.
Online Engagement
In addition to in-person engagement, Phase 1 included robust online engagement. View the results of any of our previous online surveys and see what surveys are open now on Engage Raleigh.
Community Inventory
To better understand recent trends and current conditions, the City conducted a Community Inventory. The assessment includes population and demographics, land use, housing, employment and economy, transportation, natural resources, and infrastructure and community services.
You can also look at current population and demographic information on the City Profile webpage or review the previous Community Inventory completed for the 2030 Comprehensive Plan.