Groups that are helping to remake the town’s comprehensive plan have gained direction — but they still need tweaking.
About 150 residents and town officials met last week to outline the issues and projects each of the six Chapel Hill 2020 theme groups will work on as the initiative moves forward.
The themes — development, University relations, community engagement, diversity, transportation and sustainability — were chosen based on community input at earlier sessions.
Though the groups of 10 to 30 people made progress in defining their goals, Chapel Hill 2020 Co-Chairman George Cianciolo said they still need adjustments.
“We don’t have enough young people involved yet,” Cianciolo said. He said that they hope to increase diversity of attendees in terms of age range.
He said that some of the themes might need to be re-titled — the “town and gown” group on University relations was poorly attended, and Cianciolo said that might be because residents don’t understand what it addresses.
Cianciolo added that last week’s 4:30 p.m. meeting time proved inconvenient for some attendees.
“There are things that need to be tweaked,” he said.
Despite room for changes, some attendees said the theme groups’ first meeting was a step in the right direction.