North Carolina Regional Planning Groups

The Sustainable Communities Task Force is supporting the N.C. regional planning groups' efforts by providing this website for the following purposes:

• to foster communication
• to enable sharing of expertise and experience
• to help identify new funding opportunities

The Sustainable Communities Task Force legislation identifies 11 metro regions of the state, which roughly mirror the regional planning groups as shown in this map.

Many of the partnerships in the regional planning groups came together as part of the application process for the HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program. The regional groups within North Carolina defined their regional planning areas in a way that is roughly similar to the metro regions, as shown here.

For each region listed below, their regional plans are described in detail in the linked HUD grant applications. Contact information for groups below.

HUD Grants Awarded

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has selected two North Carolina organizations – the Land-of-Sky Regional Council in Asheville and the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation in Greensboro – as recipients of $1.6 million each in grant awards to support more livable and sustainable communities. Governor's Press Release

• All National Grant Finalists
• Partnership for Sustainable Communities fact sheet

Sustainable Community Challenge Grants

In an unprecedented collaboration between two federal agencies, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) jointly awarded nearly $68 million to help stimulate a new generation of sustainable and livable communities that connect housing, employment and economic development with transportation and other infrastructure improvements. The joint HUD-DOT funding will support 62 local and regional partnerships seeking to create a more holistic and integrated approach to connecting affordable housing, job opportunities and transportation corridors. Lexington and Asheville, North Carolina, were both awarded grants through this initiative. Press Release

Regional Planning Groups

Jacksonville - North Carolina's Eastern Region

• Plan-It East: Regional Plan for Sustainable Development
  abstract
  narrative

Asheville - Land-of-Sky Regional Council - Grant Awarded

• Western North Carolina Livable Communities Initiative
  Overview
  Narrative

Charlotte - Centralina Council of Governments

• CONNECT Regional Vision: Connecting Vision to Plan

Lower Cape Fear Consortium

• Lower Cape Fear Regional Sustainability Plan

Durham-Chapel Hill/ Raleigh-Cary - Triangle J Council of Governments

• PRISM Research Triangle
  abstract
  narrative

Greensboro-High Point/Winston-Salem - Piedmont Triad Council of Governments - Grant Awarded

• Piedmont Triad Regional Plan for Sustainable Development

Kerr-Tar Regional COG

• Kerr-Tar Regional Plan for Sustainable Development

City of Rocky Mount (did not apply for a HUD grant)

• Twin County Regional Planning Consortium - Regional Planning Process

Fayetteville - Fort Bragg Region (did not apply for a HUD grant)

• Partnership for a Resilient Region
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