Out of Reach 2006 & town planning
Good Morning,
In preparing for last night's Town of Wilkesboro comprehensive planning meeting I looked up the Out of Reach report for 2006. This data shows that Wilkes County is not in as bad a condition as other places in terms of rental costs & in terms of rentor income. It was pointed out to me that Lowes Hardware is again considering a move out of Wilkesboro--it's hometown. Such a move would severely change the income demographics for the town.
This statement is backed up by a topic raised by one resident--more upscale residential rental properties are needed. Further, as Watauga County fails to meet the affordable housing needs of service workers and young professionals, demand for housing and services is rising to catch those "falling off the mountain".
In answering the question of looking out over the next 20 years for development a couple of people kept talking about attractiveness (ie, trees, curbing, decorative street lighting) of the town. Now, I certainly enjoy accessorized streets--they really add to the pleasure of a place & make it look alive--but how does this translate into a 20 year vision?
The group I was in was mostly retired age citizens--I was by far the youngest there. Other breakout groups had younger people: high school students. It will be interesting to see the final document.
I made a correction to my post about the Homeless Count. It now points to the actual report, and not a summary. Data is collected from the annual Point in Time homeless count undertaken by Continua of Care.
I added a link to the Federal Register in the link list. You can see the day's schedule or search back to 1998. Pretty handy for keeping up with legislative changes.
Labels: affordable housing, homelessness, planning
