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10 <br /> ORANGE • ► ! USE PLANi <br /> NEW ISSUES AND <br /> OPPORTUNITIES <br /> ii.M REPORT•,i <br /> About the New Issues and Opportunities Report......................................................................................---,--.3 CHANGES SINCE THE 2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> Key Planning Themes From Engagement.................. ... ...................... ... ............................... .............4 Charging Conditions and Trends <br /> Grange County's 203-0 Comprehensive Fir was adopted in 2DOS.The 2030 Plan noted that From <br /> Changes Since the 2030 Comprehensive Plan..,....,.„..................-.....„...............................................................4 1970 to 20W.Orange County's population more.`a-i doubled However,tfw county's <br /> population has experienced modest growth bet-A s-the tirrxrframe of the 2030 Comprehensive <br /> Changing Conditions and Trends......---,........................_.................._....,.... ............,...........................4 <br /> Plan and:[fes current 2050 Land Use Plan,wi:-_ _”=-ince of about 2396 between 2005 <br /> (population of 121.991)arxi 2022 F150.4771-Frur _ ' 2020,the greatest increase in <br /> Agriculture............................................................................................. ... ........................... ... ......5 population numbers in Change County was in the_- corpcuated area--Ttye portion of Mebane <br /> in Orange County experienced the"test Pence'change in papulation growth from 2010 to <br /> Natural and Water Resources............................_.. ...,............................. ... ............................. .............5 2020 compared to the ot!=-—- !';'it s-[Far mexe infarrnaborr.see the Fact Book on the <br /> Resources nage of'he v­-- _, <br /> Housing................................................._,....,....,.......................................................................................................fi <br /> North Carolina ranks S"nationally i-:-e portion of the population over the age of 65.Since the <br /> last plan.the median age of an Ora- <br /> Climate a County resider'- _ creased from 30.A years old i n <br /> Action................................................................................................................_,...............,....,.............."'7 ZO00 to 36-0 in 2022-In 2022 22% 'gra'-'r}e County's was over the a of 60; <br /> _----� <br /> according to Orange County's Maste;;lging P1art this se., perted to increase to 26%by <br /> NewPolicy Guidance.............................----------------..............----------------.---------------------------------------7 <br /> New Issues and Opportunities......................................................................-...-..................-.--.-...-...-........8 <br /> rOrarga County,North Carolina-Lane'Use Plan 2050 Payc 1 <br /> New Policy Guidance <br /> Since the 2034 Plan.Orange CDunty.reg kwW paw and other entitieshave developed new <br /> polity documents that contain guidance and 2mmmnvmdations to be incorporated into the <br /> Orange County Lauri Use plan 2450-Significant policy documents include: <br /> • Orange County Strategic Plan(2024) <br /> • Orange County Climate Action Plan(2023) <br /> • One Orange Countywide Racial Equity Framework(2022) <br /> ?-(MO-Orange County"s sfiraae of pad__-_-grawtl'r dotto 65 and alder between 2010 and <br /> • Orange County Transit Plan U pdate(202Zi 2420 was 62`X,.which is NObmi r than-:_ _-v r,q counties.acrd North Carolina as a who le. <br /> • Eno-Haw Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan{2020} <br /> Frani 2Ot10 to 2{122,Orange County 1-a=_=_- _- -cease in the Flispanipl'Latirro population,the <br /> • A Landscape Plan for Wildlife Habitat Conxwctiv4 in the Eno River and New Hope Creek Asian and Pacific lslandeF population,a -_z=--:=-.,Lxp of tfw population identifying as some <br /> Watersheds,North Carolina{20191 other race or two or more.race--,However,the pe-._=--tagp of the population who is African <br /> • State of the Environnresrt[20191 American has seen a decrease in Orange County it he past two diacada <br /> • 2430 Parks and Recreation Master Plan(20181 Within the context of these population changes,Orange County has experienced shifts in four <br /> • Orange County Mountaim-to-Seri Trail Route-Progress Reports(2018) key topic areas related to laird use pfanr-nrrg:agriculture,natural and water resources.hriusin% <br /> and climate actiom <br />