Shaping Our Future - Equity Dialogue Session 2

Chapel Hill recently completed a planning effort to chart what development is wanted and not wanted throughout Town - the Charting Our Future initiative. We now want to create specific recommendations with you.

There will be a series of discussions/workshops to better understand how the community can benefit from new transportation options and new equitable development.

The Town’s aim is to:
• Elevate all of Chapel Hill’s voices, including those under engaged in the past and discuss how that shaped the Town’s current community.
• Create vibrant and walkable places at previously identified growth locations.
• Link new transit to surrounding neighborhoods.
• Attract riders to transit.
• Discuss how future changes will provide affordable homes, services, and jobs.

Session 1: Review of previous planning initiatives, documents, and adopted regulations. We will also look at the housing market analysis to discuss the legacy of benefits and burdens. This session will begin June 19, 2022.

Part A. Review previous planning initiatives, documents, and adopted regulations.

Part B. Discuss the Town's current demographic profile.

Part C. Discuss the market conditions and the legacy of benefits and burdens of previous Town policies.

Session 2: Discuss equitable Transit Oriented Development goals and aspirational concepts relating to the Town's values and how that can be applied to future places of development. How can the Town achieve equitable objectives? This session will begin July 17, 2022.

Session 3: What types of development can meet Chapel Hill's needs? Discuss future development locations and the role of specific sites that are susceptible to change. This session will begin September 17, 2022.

This video highlights some of the information shared in Session 1. In Session 1 we reviewed previous planning initiatives, documents, and adopted regulations. We also looked at the housing market analysis to discuss the legacy of benefits and burdens.

Do you see yourself or someone in your household relocating for employment or financial reasons in the next two years?

Yes

55%

45%

Closed to responses | 11 Responses

If so, what would be the reason(s) for relocating? Please select all that apply.

To move somewhere else in our region to be closer to a job

40%

To move to a bigger urban area with more job opportunities

20%

To move somewhere else in our region for better housing options

20%

To move somewhere else in the state or country to live less expensively

20%

Other (please use comment box below to explain)

20%

I'm only in the Town as a step on my career ladder and don't plan on being here for very long

Closed to responses | 5 Responses

* Do you rent or own your current home?

Own

57%

Rent

43%

Closed to responses | 7 Responses

Which of the following best describes the type of housing you currently live in?

Single-family house

Townhouse

Duplex (2 units)

Multiplex (3-4 units)

Small apartment (fewer than 10 units)

Apartment building

Other

Closed to responses

How satisfied are you the housing choices currently available to you?

Very satisfied

Somewhat satisfied

Somewhat dissatisfied

Very dissatisfied

Closed to responses

Do you think increased density (the number of housing units in a certain amount of space) should be allowed to improve housing affordability?

Yes

60%

40%

Closed to responses | 5 Responses

What concerns you the most about providing more diverse types of housing to choose from in the Station and Focus areas? Choose one.

Higher density housing is unattractive and will ruin the character of existing neighborhoods.

60%

More housing will require more public services, which will lead to an increase in taxes.

20%

Higher density housing will have negative neighborhood impacts related to noise, traffic, and similar nuisance issues.

20%

I have no concerns.

More housing will bring more children, which will stress our schools.

More multi-family housing will lead to a higher incidence of crime and other public safety problems.

Closed to responses | 5 Responses

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Shaping Our Future - Equity Dialogue Session 2

Shaping Our Future - Equity Dialogue Session 2

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Do you see yourself or someone in your household relocating for employment or financial reasons in the next two years?

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If so, what would be the reason(s) for relocating? Please select all that apply.

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* Do you rent or own your current home?

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Which of the following best describes the type of housing you currently live in?

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How satisfied are you the housing choices currently available to you?

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Do you think increased density (the number of housing units in a certain amount of space) should be allowed to improve housing affordability?

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What concerns you the most about providing more diverse types of housing to choose from in the Station and Focus areas? Choose one.