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40 <br /> Trust for North Carolina to devise an innovative conservation plan which centers the <br /> value of the land to the area's Black residents. Already, residents have identified a few <br /> areas for special conservation priority, which are sketched on the map, but more field- <br /> work is needed to specifically identify their boundaries. <br /> Limit how much clearing of land is possible. Some developments have <br /> limited the clear cutting of land and ensured a large portion of existing trees remain. <br /> This would be our preference. Additionally, some development possible in the Greene <br /> Tract could be shifted north to the Neville Tract to utilize existing cleared land and <br /> allow for increased conservation of woodlands and wetlands. <br /> Honor history5 and Add gateway markers on the northern and southern ends of Rogers <br /> contributions of Road to honor the neighborhood and celebrate those intersections as <br /> neighborhood in entrances to a culturally significant, historically African-American <br /> tangible ways neighborhood. Some of Orange County's most well-known brick and rock masons <br /> are connected to the Historic Rogers Road community. These and other legacies <br /> should be honored. <br /> Identify & preserve slave graves and other historically significant sites. <br /> Marked as cultural preservation sites in previous planning efforts, these historic areas <br /> have still been overlooked. The graves of enslaved Africans are sacred sites and need <br /> to be identified and honored with markers and continued preservation. If these graves <br /> cannot be found, a memorial should be created in their honor. These efforts should <br /> include neighborhood leadership throughout the entire process: both in deciding how <br /> to identify and research these sites in a culturally sensitive way and in deciding how <br /> best to honor them. St. Paul's church is exploring some ways to do this with respect to <br /> sites on land they own. <br /> Add signage that identifies this as "Historic Rogers Road" and Integrate <br /> community-specific historical markers throughout the neighborhood. <br /> Rogers Road community has a rich history, which is rooted in place, but often not <br /> immediately visible to passersby or visitors to the neighborhood. Marking this history <br /> can be a way of preserving it for the future. <br /> 5 Honors history: Honoring history in tangible ways refers to more than just physical markers,signage,and history exhibits, <br /> although these are important. It also means that any development must show alignment with community goals and be <br /> something historic Rogers Road residents take pride in. <br /> Preserves diversity:To continue to promote and ensure the existing diversity into the future;to further the remarkable <br /> socioeconomic and cultural diversity that is already present in Rogers Road. <br /> 23 <br />