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34 <br />Walkable Hillsborough Coalition (WaHC) <br />December 13, 2007 <br />To Whom It May Concern <br />regarding the Orange County Comprehensive Plan Update Coalition <br />The Walkable Hillsborough Coalition (WaHC} would like to express its support of the Comprehensive <br />Plan Update Coalition's effort to bring community stakeholders together to learn about the elements of <br />Orange County's Comprehensive Plan Update (CPU) and to provide input based on our shared values as <br />diverse organizations. <br />WaHC is a volunteer group formed in 2001 whose mission it is to promote and advocate for pedestrian- <br />friendly communities. We recognize the importance of walkable communities for improving individual <br />health, community health, environmental health and economic wellbeing for Hillsborough residents, for <br />surrounding communities, and especially, for our Orange County school children. Some of ourvolunteer <br />work has included co-sponsoring an annual Walkable Hillsborough Day in June for the pastfive years <br />with the Tovvn of Hillsborough, as well as applying for Active Living by Design and Pit Communities <br />grants to seekfunds and support for pedestrian-first communities and walkable schools. NCDOT has <br />referred to WaHC as the first pedestrian-only advocacy group in North Carolina. <br />WaHC supports the CPU Coalition's efforts to have the CPU reflect our organization's interest for new <br />and appropriate existing development to be compact, walkable, mixed-use and transit supportive. We <br />appreciate the work of the Coalition to find common ground across divergent organizations with diverse <br />missions, as well as the Coalition's push for public involvement early in the CPU process. <br />Holly Reid, co-founder <br />Walkable Hillsborough Coalition <br />15 of 16 <br />