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Wake County chair outlines growth, housing, transit and public-safety investments in State of the County address
Summary
Chair Susan Evans told residents Wake County exceeds 1.2 million people and described county initiatives including a $5 million seed for a housing opportunity fund, the county’s first BRT line, library and school capital projects funded by the 2024 bond, EMS staffing increases and calls for more foster families.
Chair Susan Evans delivered Wake County’s annual State of the County address, saying the county now has more than 1.2 million residents and that recent growth is reshaping priorities from housing to public safety.
Evans opened by framing the county’s work as “connecting dots” across services and data. She highlighted demographic shifts, saying more than half of recent population growth has come from senior residents and projecting that by 2040 there could be more residents 65 and older than children under 18 in the county. That change, she said, influences planning across health, transit and housing services.
On housing, Evans said demand outpaces supply, noting nearly 9,300 residential building permits were issued last year (combined county and municipal permits) and…
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