On Friday, March 27, the Long-Range Plan Advisory Committee met for six-hours - a “charrette” workshop to catch up on the process to date, including community input on vision, strategies presented at the plan concepts workshop, and more.

Here’s a summary of what was shown and discussed at that meeting - plus information on what will be presented at the upcoming workshop series on April 22 and 23rd. At just over 22 minutes, it’s long for an on-line video, but there’s a lot of good information covered, and it’s a great way to catch up on most of the key issues the plan will address.

Click and enjoy!

Charrette video (29.4 Mb, QuickTime® movie)

Missed the February 12 Plan Concepts Workshop? Interested in how transportation decisions today might relate to Southern Pines’ long-term future?

Here’s a seven-minute video, covering Paul Moore of Glatting-Jackson’s portion of the workshop presentation. Check it out as you fill out one of our plan concepts worksheets, or watch as a way to help visualize how important transportation decisions can be in any long-range plan.

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Concepts video 2 (10.2 Mb, QuickTime® movie)

Missed the February 12 Plan Concepts Workshop? Want to know more about the plan’s progress, or how each of the schemes being discussed relate to Southern Pines over the long-term?

Here’s an eight-minute video, essentially a narrated recap of much of the February 12th presentation. Check it out as you fill out one of our plan concepts worksheets, or simply watch as a way to keep up-to-speed on what’s being discussed as part of the Long-Range Plan process.

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Concepts video 1 (10.9 Mb, QuickTime® movie)

Comprehensive plans are fairly well-named, since they establish policy for so much of what communities do.

So it’s no easy matter to understand - or even learn about - all of the issues and matters that make a comprehensive long-range plan tick. But with today’s communications tools, it’s easier than ever to help inform citizens about many of the key considerations that will play an important role in Southern Pines’ planning future.

Here’s the first of several videos we’ll produce during the course of the process. It’s a short movie - about six and a half minutes total - but covers the basics on:

• What a plan does
• What’s transpired in the Southern Pines process so far
• Growth projections for Moore County
• Many of the typical land-use constraints that will shape the plan

Click the link below to watch, and feel free to download and save it for review. Be sure you’ve got QuickTime® installed to view, check out the link on the lower right-hand side of this page if you don’t. Leave a comment if you like using the “comments” tools. And of course, the video includes an invitation to the next community workshop, scheduled for Thursday, February 12.

Plan 101 video (8.7 Mb, QuickTime® movie)