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Future Housing and Employment Growth Projections of population for the Carrboro area indicate an annual average growth rate of about 4 percent over the next 25 years. Over the next 15 years, the rate of growth will average about 5.4 percent, and slow to just under 2 percent from 2000 to 2010. This is due to the limited amount of land still available for growth in the existing portions of the Town. The largest increase in the number of housing units constructed in the next 15 years is expected to be in two general areas: south of NC 54 west of Smith Level Road, and north of the Town towards Interstate 40 and its interchanges with Old NC 86 and Airport Road. Housing will increase in district 15 from 4806 units in 1985 to 10,495 in the year 2000 and 12,710 by 2010. District 16 will go from 1576 completed units in 1985 to 3605 units in 2000 and 4150 in the year 2010. Employment in Carrboro will grow modestly in the downtown area, where new commercial structures are expected to replace old, less attractive buildings. The NC 54-Main Street area will see a small increase in employment. A small light industrial node is zoned on the east side of Old Fayetteville Road. District 15 is expected to increase its employment to 4459 by the year 2000 and to 5919 by 2010. District 16 will grow to 630 by 2000 and 1085 by the year 2010. Southern Orange County Residential development will predominate growth in the areas of southern Orange County outside the Chapel Hill-Carrboro planning areas. District 12 is located in the northeast corner of the Orange County area included in the thoroughfare planning region. Development in this area is regulated by the 1981 Orange County land use plan. Housing in this District will increase from 638 in the base year to 1.048 in 2000 and 1,479 in 2010. This growth will result from anticipated expansion of employment in Chapel Hill, and Durham. Employment in this zone will increase from 45 in the base year to 59 in 2000 and 64 in 2010. District 13 lies within the jurisdiction of the Chapel Hill-Orange County Joint Planning Area. Residential development will be restricted to rural densities. Total housing in this District will rise from 1.366 units to 2,611 in 2000 and 3,525 in 2010. Strong commercial-retail development was projected for the area near the I-85/US 70 interchange. This commercial area has been identified in the City of Durham's 2005 land use plan for annexation. Base year employment within this zone was 160. It is anticipated to increase to 3.061 in 2000 and 6,718 in 2010. 4.6