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community stakeholders to come together and provide guidance on how Orange County <br /> should grow and change in the future. <br /> Coalition members are committed to working together to: <br /> • learn more about the county's Comprehensive Plan and help educate the community about <br /> its importance, <br /> • provide input to the county planning and advisory boards, and especially to the County <br /> Commissioners, about our shared priorities for promoting a path to sustainability that <br /> balances environmental health, social equity, and economic prosperity, and <br /> • present a common voice for diverse stakeholders to express our common interests in <br /> planning for a future where environmental conservation, resource efficiency, affordable <br /> housing, social equity, economic development, preservation of regional agricultural <br /> production and transit-ready, walkable, mixed-use, communities are simultaneously <br /> realized. <br /> Coalition members believe the Update should: <br /> • determine where new compact, walkable, mixed-use, transit-supportive growth and <br /> development should occur within the county's planning jurisdiction, <br /> • make affirmative commitments to providing public sector infrastructure investments to <br /> stimulate development that promotes economic prosperity, social equity and environmental <br /> health, and <br /> • provide a framework such that the future of Orange County will be sustainable, just, and <br /> equitable. <br /> Sustainability is achieved when stakeholders representing diverse interests work <br /> together cooperatively to assure a healthy balance among interdependent social, <br /> environmental and economic priorities. Our coalition is committed to ensuring that the County <br /> Commissioners include these goals in the updated Comprehensive Plan. <br /> ### <br /> Coalition Partners, as of August 23, 2007 <br /> Chapel Hill Carrboro Chamber of Commerce Community Action Network <br /> EmPOWERment Interfaith Council for Social Service <br /> The Village Project Walkable Hillsborough <br /> Homebuilders Association of Durham, Orange and Chatham Counties <br /> Comments regarding Comprehensive Plan Update Nov. 6 agenda item <br /> Presented by Dolly Hunter <br /> My comments tonight are from my experience as a member of the Orange County <br /> Comprehensive Plan Coalition. We are an organization of diverse community groups <br /> representing many thousands of Orange County citizens. We worked hundreds of hours <br /> preparing detailed recommendations to the Comprehensive Plan Update's Goals and <br /> Objectives for the Land Use, Transportation, Economic Development and Housing Elements. <br />