Recap of Public Meeting #1
Held October 21st to November 11th, 2020
The overall purpose of this first meeting was to reintroduce the project, gather information from the public and set the stage as the plan moves forward. We gave three presentations and two activities to discuss plan origins, review area history, provide information on the completed market study and allow participants to provide feedback. Accompanying each presentation was an option to comment about that specific topic.
Part 1: Video Presentations
Presentation #1 of 3
Introduction and Overview
Margaret Stallings, Principal Planner with Cherokee County Planning and Zoning, shares some background information on this Area Plan and provides an overview of the planning process.
Presentation #2 of 3
Area History and Mapping
Chris Luly, Senior Planner with Cherokee County Planning and Zoning, describes the rich history of the Hickory Flat Area and the process for defining the study area boundaries.
Presentation #3 of 3
Market Study Results
In this presentation video Gary Mongeon with Bleakly Advisory Group describes the existing conditions and trends in terms of demographics and land uses that are unique to Hickory Flat. To view the Market Study document in it’s entirety, please visit this link: Hickory Flat Market Study
Part 2: Activities
Activity #1 of 2
Where Do You Live? Where do you Work?
We asked participants to place a pin where they live and/or work in Hickory Flat to better understand the community. Below are the results of this activity, with green pins representing locations where people work and pink pins for where they live. The pins are not in exact locations for privacy reasons but are close by the actual locations given.
The blue line represents the study boundary for the area plan.
Activity #2 of 2
As part of the word exercises, participants were asked to answer three questions, using only a word or two, about Hickory Flat: What word(s) would you use to describe the area currently? In 2040? And what makes it unique?
The final question asked the public to make their “Community Wish List.” A list of components found in communities was provided and participants were asked to select those they enjoy and hope to see more of in Hickory Flat. An “Other” selection was available for anyone to write in a suggestion not on the list.
The results were compiled for the word exercises and a Word Cloud was generated, with the most commonly mentioned words/topics appearing larger than others. A bar chart is provided to share the results of the Community Wish List.
