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51 <br /> Often, even community-oriented developers justify taking action without more input by saying that <br /> community members are tired of more meetings, or don't have time for process. This is simply not the <br /> case in the Rogers Road neighborhood. Given appropriate planning for availability and direct <br /> communication strategies, residents tirelessly showed up to meeting after meeting, and have been doing <br /> so for over 30 years. Needs and desires in the neighborhood are highly contextual, and change over time. <br /> This document is testament to the value of inclusive, honest, ongoing dialogue. However, it represents a <br /> starting point only for a development process that must continue to engage residents in determining the <br /> future of the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood. <br /> Rogers Road has the necessary resources for effective Community-First planning. The Community Unity <br /> Board is expanding. Members have consistently brought over 20 residents to community meetings, and <br /> organized in-home conversations with the neighbors on their street. RENA has produced a monthly Baja <br /> Newsletter via the work of the RENA interns. Neighbors have been able to articulate their diverse place- <br /> based hopes for various potential spaces for development. <br /> The Town of Chapel Hill, the Town of Carrboro, and Orange County have a unique opportunity to proceed <br /> on development planning in coordination with residents that will meet municipal, county, and community <br /> goals and set a model for development that is directly responsive not only to the history but to the vision <br /> of its constituents. <br /> 34 <br />