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Buncombe County staff test communitypreferences on hazard risk, housing and recreation ahead of December events
Summary
At a Buncombe County public workshop, staff presented future land use maps and poster-based exercises to test residents' risk tolerance for flood and hazard mitigation, gather transportation and recreation priorities, and solicit feedback on outreach materials ahead of a Dec. 3 in-person event.
Planning staff opened a public workshop to test how residents balance hazard resilience, housing preferences and recreation priorities as part of an area plan engagement for Buncombe County. Staff said prior polling showed strong interest in significant change and that the December workshop will use poster stations and sticker-based exercises to test whether that preference holds when concrete standards are presented.
The presentation focused on a future land use map — a 10- to 20-year vision tool separate from zoning — and several table exercises asking attendees which housing types they would like to see in a highlighted area, what they consider the downtown boundary, and what businesses they want. "We have this minor, moderate, major [scale]," planning staff summarized, "The majority of people said we want major changes to help make Swannanoa…
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