The update for how the downtown Wake Forest will grow and prosper – the Renaissance Plan – is one of two items on the agenda for the town planning board when it meets Tuesday, June 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the second-floor meeting room in town hall.
The Wake Forest commissioners and mayor will join the planning board for joint public hearings about the Renaissance Plan update and a request to rezone 2.05 acres on North White Street immediately south of the Franklin County line from general residential to light industrial conditional district. Charles and Eloise Shepherd of Durham want to develop the land, which is in the town’s ETJ (extraterritorial jurisdiction), for outdoor storage. The triangle of land lies between the CSX rail line and North White.
The Renaissance Plan update was done with the assistance of Stantec Consulting Services during 2016, and the final public meeting about it was held in February of this year. The plan can be downloaded by going to the town’s website, www.wakeforestnc.gov, and searching for Renaissance Plan update. The pdf file is 54 mb.
