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EXISTING CONDITIONS
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BACKGROUND The Northeast Community is a well-established neighborhood in the Town of Wake Forest. Located just north of Downtown Wake Forest, the neighborhood is one of the Town’s oldest and has a long and vibrant history. The neighborhood was founded by formerly enslaved African Americans after the Civil War and remains a predominantly African American community today. As the Town of Wake Forest grows and evolves, the Northeast Community will play a significant role in its future. This document is intended to serve as a community plan to guide the growth of the Northeast Community. This first section of this Plan provides an overview of the area’s existing conditions, as well as the communities needs and desires, as collected through a robust community outreach program and through extensive physical mapping. 1.A
For additional history and context, please visit the Town Website and view the Northeast Community Storymap.
THE NORTHEAST COMMUNITY PLAN & THE TOWN OF WAKE FOREST COMMUNITY PLAN
The Northeast Community Plan is closely linked to the Town of Wake Forest Community Plan. While the Town of Wake Forest Community Plan provides larger scale and overarching recommendations, the Northeast Community Plan provides a more fine grained and focused approach for addressing current and future
plans for the neighborhood. The Town of Wake Forest Community Plan will acknowledge the Northeast Community Plan’s recommendations as a part of the overall plan to enrich the Town’s broader strategies for the future.
Chapter 1: Existing Conditions
Northeast Community Plan
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