What is the County’s plan to preserve open space?
In 1997, the Board of Commissioners appointed a task force to study the issue of open space preservation. The task force presented its findings to the Board in summer of 1998, and an Open Space Advisory Committee was formed. The County then began working on a countywide Consolidated Open Space Plan, which is now finished. This plan means that for the first time, citizens have worked together on a “greenprint for the future,” which knits together the County’s open space plan with those of all 12 Wake County municipalities. This unique plan provides for open space protection on a large scale from a countywide perspective. The main focus for preserving open space is creating “green” corridors along the County’s main watersheds for the protection of water quality and natural ecosystems.
