The second in a series of neighborhood outreach meetings with the City of Wilmington is set for Thursday in the Old East Wilmington community.
Its residents are encouraged to tell city officials what they like and dislike about their locale, input that will feed the city’s development of a comprehensive, long-term growth plan for all of Wilmington.
The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in the Derick Davis Center at Maides Park, 1101 Manley Ave. (see map below), according to a notice from the city.
“Input from the neighborhoods will serve as the building block for the city’s long-term plan that, when finalized, will serve as the policy foundation for decision-making to proactively manage growth and change,” the notice said.
The city insists on its residents playing an integral role in the planning.
” … area residents will be asked to provide input through interactive exercises and will also hear in-depth information about how land is used in their neighborhoods and what types of buildings are included, as well as a look at geographic and socioeconomic characteristics,” said the Thursday meeting notice.
Facilitators will have activities for the children of parents in attendance, it added.
Thursday’s session is part of a 12-meeting series visiting individual neighborhoods and to end with a citywide meeting. The city has planned two meetings per month through April 2014 (with a pause in December).
On Nov. 14, the series will head to the Winter Park neighborhood (at Winter Park Baptist Church, 4700 Wrightsville Ave.); on Nov. 21, the focus will be Pine Valley (at Pine Valley Elementary School, 440 John S. Mosby Drive). Both meetings are set for 6:30 p.m.
More information about the comprehensive plan is at createwilmington.com.
For residents who can’t attend or have missed meetings, the city has provided another channel online. Last month, it announced the launch of connectwilmington.org, “where you can submit ideas, review other ideas, comment, vote, take surveys and much more,” says the site. “We want your feedback on the City of Wilmington, NC.”
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