Charlotte City Council Adopts “Some” 2040 Community Area Plans

From REBIC

For nearly 3 years the Charlotte City Council has been focusing on efforts to gather and codify information to be used to inform the important Charlotte 2040 Plan. REBIC has solicited feedback from our members on several occasions in the hopes that this document will reflect the information needed for the best possible outcome.

To understand the history of the initiative, we begin in winter 2023, when the first phase of the Community Area Planning process started with an analysis of each plan area’s profile, greatest needs, and the prioritization of goals from the Comprehensive Plan. The findings of this phase were published in 14 Community Reports, available on the project website.

On November 10, 2025, staff presented an update to Council on the draft Community Area Plans and the Revised Policy Map, focusing on how public feedback has shaped the proposed plans. Department staff also held several one-on-one engagement meetings with a number of local neighborhoods.

Last night council voted to adopt half of the plans and the new Policy Map, and to continue action on the other half. Specifically, the plans adopted were:

• East Inner
• Northeast Inner
• South Inner
• South Middle
• South Outer
• Southwest Middle
• Southwest Outer

The plans not adopted were:

• East Middle and Outer
• North Inner
• North Middle and Outer
• Northeast Middle and Outer
• West Inner
• West Middle
• West Outer

Additional information can be found on the Charlotte Future 2040 Comprehensive Plan website: https://www.cltfuture2040.com.

Rob’s Take: Unfortunately, last night’s Charlotte City Council meeting repeated what we have seen in recent times which includes a combination of insults lobbed in between councilmembers and then paired with an undertone of passive aggressive body movements and gestures. (Heavy sigh…) All that to say, you will now be receiving additional communications from me for the next four months seeking feedback on the remaining seven Community Area Plans that were not approved. A special thanks goes to Transportation, Planning, and Development Chair, Ed Driggs, for working on this project for quite some time … and for keeping his cool