Rowan planning workshops looking for public input
Published 12:00 am Thursday, October 10, 2013
SALISBURY — There is still time to register for Tuesday’s community workshops to help plan future growth in Rowan County.
The workshops are open to all Rowan County residents and are designed to get local opinions and ideas about how Rowan and the Charlotte region should grow.
All three workshops will have the same agenda, so people can attend the one that’s most convenient. Times are 9 to 11 a.m., 1 to 3 p.m. and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. All workshops will be held at the Salisbury Civic Center, 315 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.
Participants working at tables of 10 people will map out the growth of Rowan County. People will need to consider where residents will need to work, live and play and how to enhance and protect quality of life as the county and region grow.
The two-hour community growth workshops are part of the 14-county, two-state Connect Our Future initiative, part of the Centralina Council of Governments.
Similar workshops are being held in every county in the region. Participants use county maps and other tools to weigh in on how they want to see growth occur for the next 40 years.
To register, go to http://bit.ly/RowanCounty . To ask questions, contact Sushil Nepal with the Centralina Council of Governments at 704-372-2416 or snepal@centralina.org .