HELP CREATE CARY’S VISION BY COMPLETING ONLINE POLL  

CARY, NC – Proposed principles and polices for the vision element chapter of the Town of Cary’s Comprehensive Plan is the topic of the Town of Cary’s new Web poll – part of enVision Cary, a community effort to solidify a vision for Cary for the next 20 years.  The policies and principles resulting from enVision Cary will help guide key areas of Town planning, from transportation and growth and development to schools and public involvement in the planning and development process.

“The enVision Cary process began in early 2003 with the Cary Town Council at their annual planning retreat,” said Planning Director Jeff Ulma.  “Now it's time to share the proposed vision element chapter with citizens to get their reaction and suggestions for refining it.”  

Anyone with access to the Internet can complete the poll by logging on to www.townofcary.org and selecting the enVision Cary icon.  The poll will take about 20 minutes to complete, and respondents are limited to one vote per poll.  Those without Internet service are invited to telephone the Town at (919) 469-4001 to have a hard copy version of the Web poll mailed to them.  Deadline for participating in the enVision Cary poll is November 30, 2003.  

In addition to the Web poll, the Town of Cary will break new ground by holding an online public meeting via the Web.  The chat room, which will be moderated by Town planning staff, will feature threaded discussions on each of the topic areas over several days starting in mid-November.  

The Town will also hold a community meeting in the coming weeks to report on what citizens said online and to get additional citizen feedback before taking the Vision Element to the Town Council for a vote early next year.  

For more information on enVision Cary, click on the project’s icon on the splash page of www.townofcary.org or call the Planning Department at (919) 469-4082.  

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