Reflecting Raleigh - Raleigh's Next Comprehensive Plan

Raleigh has begun the process of creating the next plan to guide how the city grows beyond the year 2030. You will find three resources on this page you can use to stay informed and to get involved.

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RALEIGH’S NEXT COMP PLAN

This page of the city’s website defines the phases that will be used over the next years to develop Raleigh’s next Comprehensive Plan starting with Initial Engagement through July 2025 and ending with Review and Adoption in the last quarter of 2027.

Click here: Raleigh’s Next Comp Plan

REFLECTING RALEIGH EVENTS

Reflecting Raleigh is the process for creating the Next Comprehensive Plan, the long-term vision for the City’s built environment. On this page of the city’s website you will find all of the currently planned events to engage with the community. The input received at these events will inform the vision and goals of Raleigh’s next Comprehensive Plan. Visit this page often as events will be continually added.

Click here: Reflecting Raleigh Events

You will also find these events on Livable Raleigh’s Community Engagement Calendar.

REFLECTING RALEIGH SURVEYS

The Comprehensive Plan impacts everyone who lives, works, and plays in Raleigh and the city is getting ready to update it! Raleigh will need you, the community, to help establish a vision for how we want the City to grow. Raleigh wants to talk to community organizations, industry experts, and Raleigh residents to create a new plan that reflects Raleigh today and what we want Raleigh to look like in the future.

Check back here for more information about online surveys and engagement opportunities.

Participate in current surveys and view the results of completed surveys.

Click here: Reflecting Raleigh Surveys

CITIZENS’ ASSEMBLIES

A New Model for Democratic Engagement

Introduction

In an age of growing political polarization and public distrust in traditional institutions, Citizens’ Assemblies offer an alternative for democratic engagement. These assemblies convene ordinary citizens, selected to represent a demographic cross-section of a population, to deliberate on complex policy issues and propose recommendations to decision-makers.

What Is a Citizens’ Assembly?

A Citizens’ Assembly is a body of individuals randomly selected to mirror the broader population in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic background. Over several sessions, participants are informed by experts, deliberate among themselves, and work toward consensus on specific issues. Topics may range from climate policy to electoral reform.

Why is this Important to Raleigh?

Raleigh is planning to utilize a Citizen Assembly as the final two-year stage for Reflecting Raleigh – the next Comprehensive Plan.