LEARN YOUR PLAN. LEAD THE CHANGE.

 

From land use and design to transportation and infrastructure, Charlotte's 14 Community Area Plans (CAP) are full of tools that can help turn community ideas into action.


We’re excited to explore them together!

 

Video Transcript: 

Charlotte is growing, and we want to ensure that growth benefits everyone. That’s why, in 2021, we adopted the Charlotte Future 2040 Comprehensive Plan—a roadmap for our city’s future.

To put that vision into action, we developed 14 Community Area Plans, each one tailored to a different part of the city and shaped by thousands of residents who shared their ideas, priorities, and hopes for their neighborhoods.

First, the plans highlight your community’s greatest needs and point to which Comprehensive Plan goals should be prioritized. 

All goals are important, but these plans focus on the ones that are most urgent for your area.

Next, the plans show where development is expected to change and where it should match the existing character of the neighborhood.

The plans also include tools to help you evaluate whether a development proposal supports your community’s priorities. These are especially useful during rezonings.

And you don’t have to wait for a rezoning to use the plans!

The Neighborhood Toolkit offers programs and ideas you can use right now - like organizing a cleanup, starting a mural, plant trees, improving a park, or even requesting sidewalk repairs.

Community Area Plans are your roadmap to shaping growth and ensuring it benefits your community. Explore it, share it with your neighbors, and use it to help shape what comes next.

 

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FIND YOUR CAP

Use the "Find Your CAP" Map to find out which Community Area Plan impacts YOU.

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REVIEW YOUR PLAN

Visit the Long Range Planning Website to review your adopted plan.

 

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INVITE PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF

Invite Planning Department staff to your next community meeting to present your Community Area Plan and highlight three ways the plan can be used today to help shape your community’s future.

Click Here to Download an Email Template OR email cltfuture2040@charlottenc.gov with the following information to submit your request:

  • Neighborhood / Organization
  • Point of Contact
  • Meeting Date
  • Meeting Time
  • Meeting Location (in-person or virtual)
  • Approximate Number of Attendees

 

     

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    NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS:

    Share the templates below to gauge your neighbors' interest and start the conversation:

     

    Click Here to Download a Word File

    Click Here to Downloads a PDF File

     

    The City of Charlotte is committed to making our services and programs accessible to all. Upon request, auxiliary aids, written materials in alternative formats, language access and other reasonable accommodations or modifications will be provided. To make a request, please email cltfuture2040@charlottenc.gov or call 704.336.2205.