High Point City Council approves ARPA grants, development ordinance updates and advisory appointments

The High Point City Council on July 16 approved two ARPA-funded allocations totaling $154,984, adopted a package of technical amendments to the city’s development ordinance, extended the city’s targeted incentives policy for one year and confirmed three advisory-board appointments.

The actions, taken during a regularly scheduled meeting at High Point City Hall, included $77,492 to the High Point Schools Partnership (an affiliate of Resilience High Point) and $77,492 to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Center for Housing & Community Studies. Council also adopted text amendment 25-01, which staff described as a set of minor clarifications to bring the City of High Point development ordinance into alignment with North Carolina General Statutes.

Why it matters: The ARPA allocations fund local tenant mediation and housing-related services that council members said aim to reduce evictions and help residents stay housed. The development-ordinance changes update public-notice language and other technical definitions that staff said were required to mirror state statute.…