Organizations in Action - Research Triangle Regional Reality Check

As IEI embarks on our newest - and possibly most ambitious - program of work on growth and infrastructure, Changing Landscapes: Building the Good Growth State?, we recognize the need for thoughtful partners and informed stakeholders to implement a vision for North Carolina’s future at both the state and local level.  

One such organization thinking about growth at the local level is ULI Triangle, a district council of the Urban Land Institute, which will host a two day Reality Check on February 24 and 29, 2009. Reality Check will bring together a diverse group of stakeholders from 15 counties for a regional visioning process that will lead to long-range planning and consensus building on growth-related issues.

Reality Check is a process that engages leaders from around the region in discussions about growth and how to compete in a global economy. The actual event is a half-day visioning exercise that allows participants working in diverse groups to discuss and make suggestions about where housing and jobs should locate around our region over the
next 25 years.

Roughly 300 participants from public, private and civic sector representatives, such as elected officials, educators, planners, developers and others who have an interest in the future of our region, will be invited to the half-day Reality Check exercise, which will be held on February 24, 2009. Results will be presented at the summit to a larger group of about 1,000 interested stakeholders on the morning of February 29, 2009. Workshops will be held ahead of the exercise to give the participants a better understanding of how the exercise will work, and of economic and demographic trends, infrastructure needs and other growth issues and challenges in our region. To become in involved in the Triangle's Reality Check, visit www.realitycheck2009.org.

The results of the exercise will be used to kick off a long-range planning and implementation process designed to help leaders and residents envision alternative growth scenarios.

Click here to register for Reality Check, or for more information contact Julie Paul, Project Manager, Research Triangle Regional Reality Check at 919-417-2766 or juliepaul@realitycheck2009.org