Wake Forest Northeast Community Plan - December 2021

Bluffs at Joyner Park

FLOURISH

FIGURE: 2.A.2

THEME B

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FLOURISH

Trinity Park

Olde Wake Forest

PROVIDE FOR INCLUSIVE, SUSTAINABLE, AND EQUITABLE GROWTH THAT SERVES THE NORTHEAST OF TODAY AND THE NORTHEAST OF TOMORROW.

Specifically, focusing additional residential growth along N. Allen Road and E. Juniper Avenue and ensuring a diverse mix of product types at a variety of price points (e.g., townhomes, duplexes, narrow lot single-family, etc.) will help meet additional housing needs for the growing community. While market rate housing will play a role in the Northeast Community’s future growth, it is imperative that subsidized and mixed-income housing is also an essential ingredient of the overall housing mix. Research should be performed to identify potential infill

STRATEGY 1. Provide a variety of affordable housing options (ownership and rental) created via both new and infill residential developments.

Traditions Influence Area

Ailey Young Park

Due to the explosive growth recently experienced around the Triangle region, continued developer interest in the Northeast Community is almost guaranteed. While some displacement is unfortunately a potential byproduct of this, new market rate development, if done correctly, can provide ample new housing opportunities for existing and future residents.

Hargroves Corner

Wait Avenue Condos

Brewer Circle S/D

Downtown Influence Area

KEY

Opportunity Sites Active Development Projects Development Projects Under Review Parks Building Footprints Streets Railroads Study Area

0 300 Feet Data Sources: Town of Wake Forest, Wake County

This duplex home in an affordable housing development in North Charleston, SC provides affordable housing.

Narrow lot single family homes provide a key affordable residential building typology.

Chapter 2: Plan Recommendations

Northeast Community Plan

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