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High Point task force reports progress on 2045 implementation; development ordinance update to move through modular public review
Summary
Planning staff and the High Point 2045 implementation task force summarized progress on strategic initiatives, community engagement and a phased update to the development (unified) ordinance. Staff reported public-open-house and stakeholder outreach totals and described a modular timeline that anticipates public hearings in 2026.
Andy Piper, the city’s planning administrator, and task-force members reported to the High Point City Council on the implementation work for the High Point 2045 comprehensive plan and a separate update to the city’s development ordinance.
Piper said the comprehensive plan—adopted in May 2024—identified three priority outcomes (cultivating community and unity, strengthening downtown vitality, and integrating housing with land use and transportation) and five strategic initiatives. The city-formed implementation task force has reviewed and updated the plan’s implementation tables, including success measures, target completion years and lead partners.
Task-force members described active work across multiple initiatives. Rishanda Moses, a task-force member, highlighted progress in the Washington Street community, support from city staff during an underground utilities project, local business engagement under a “Shop on Washington” initiative, and plans for transitional-industrial standards tied to the…
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