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Raleigh councilors narrow 3‑year priorities at retreat: housing, safety, transit and business support rise to top
Summary
At a council retreat facilitators led pair/group exercises that produced a broad consensus on top priorities for the city's next strategic plan, including enhanced housing security, improved community safety, better transit experience and streamlined business support.
Raleigh council members collectively identified a short list of priorities to guide city work over the next three years during a facilitated retreat, with housing security, community safety, a more seamless transit experience and modernization of business support processes emerging as the top‑ranked items.
Facilitator Elena Keegan, working with city staff, led a series of small‑group exercises in which councilors first wrote individual priorities and then paired to craft a consolidated top‑seven list that each pair presented to the full group.
Several pairs selected housing as a top goal; councilors repeatedly referenced pilot programs aimed at people experiencing homelessness and said they want measurable reductions in…
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