What is VIP?
Virtual Interactive Planner, or VIP, is an internet-based tool designed to provide the citizens and customers of Cary with an easy to use interactive program that helps guide them through the Cary development process. VIP is designed to help reduce the confusion and intimidation sometimes associated with necessary complex, comprehensive processes like land development.

VIP allows you to enter any address, Property Identification Number (PIN) or Real Estate Identification Number (RID) and a proposed development from a dropdown menu. Based on the information obtained, the program will interface with multiple layers of the Town’s Maps Online program and will determine and animate the appropriate path of development.

You have a choice of using the animated version or the text only version. Both versions (animated or text only) will include a wide variety of development-related information such as downloadable applications, fee schedules, definitions and other useful tools.

If it is merely information about a property (i.e. zoning or land use designation) or a process (i.e. rezoning or CPA) that you are seeking, VIP provides you with the option of searching a property or process information without selecting a development scenario.

Why VIP
At the 2008 Town Council retreat, multiple council members expressed an interest in exploring ways to better communicate our development process to not only the developers but the citizens as well. It was the concern of Council, that the development process in Cary was complex and citizens were not always aware when they had input and at what stages of the process.

Two of the hallmarks of Cary’s national recognition as one of the best places to live, work, and raise a family are good planning and a high level of citizen involvement. To this end and at the direction of the Town Council, Town of Cary staff, in collaboration with outside consultants, developed an Internet-based tool referred to as the Virtual Interactive Planner (VIP).