City of Charlotte Releases 3rd Annual 2040 Plan Report

The City of Charlotte Planning, Design & Development Department released its 3rd Annual Charlotte Future 2040 Annual Report. The annual report tracks the progress and efforts toward implementing the Charlotte Future 2040 Comprehensive Plan within Calendar Year 2024.

The report is organized into the following sections:

• Charlotte Fast Facts – summarizes Charlotte’s population growth and new development.
• The Vision – highlights the Charlotte Future 2040 Comprehensive Plan vision, guiding principles, and goals.
• The Impact – reports on the progress our partners and their supporters are making to implement the 2040 Plan.
• The Future – provides the short-term policy recommendations expected to be completed within five years, along with the associated goal and status.

For more information, please see the Annual Report website.

View the Annual Report

Rob’s Take: The City of Charlotte has released an annual 2040 Plan report every year since its adoption. Following the passage of the plan, city staff engaged the public in a two-year process to develop and approve 14 small area plans. Last month the City Council met and approved 7 of those plans and deferred action on the others stating that community engagement had fallen short and that additional consideration was warranted. Well, the fact is in this day and age, even with all of the technology and tools that we have to reach people, if folks don’t want to participate, they simply won’t. Apathy seems to be at an all-time high which may be part of the reason only 8% of voters across the state turned out to vote in the Primary Election and less than 20% showed up to vote in the General Election. So, holding up the adoption of plans because some residents don’t want to weigh in is not the answer. It’s time to move on. I’m looking forward to working with a new City Council to achieve passage of the remaining plans and to continue to work on ways to improve the development and building process in order to meet our growing housing needs.