1. PIEDMONT TOGETHER
Choices Opportunities Solutions
Jobs, Housing and Transportation
ASPA
February 28, 2013

2. Sustainability is not new…
Copy Right
1981
Mill villages
Crop rotation
Making
ends
meet

3. Humankind has not woven the web of life.
We are but one thread within it. Whatever we
do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things
are bound together. All things connect.
Chief Seattle
1786 - 1866

4. Piedmont Triad Region

6. Piedmont Triad Region
Jobs – Housing - Transportation
105K – manufacturing jobs lost
70K – added education, health jobs
65% jobs are located in Forsyth and Guilford
70% housing single family,
Projected population growth by 2040 – 400,000
30+% out-commuters
34% of household income spent on transportation
81% area with no choices

7. Piedmont Together

8. Strengths and Challenges
Top Five Strengths Top Five Challenges
• Community Colleges and • A lack of Transportation
Universities Choices
• Farming and Viticulture • Participating in the “New”
Economy
• Access to Health Care
• Abandoned Mills and
• Scenic and Recreational Employment Centers
Resources including strip shopping
• Small Town Charm centers
• Capitalizing and
Supporting on Existing
Business Assets
• Healthy Community Design

9. Local Design and Development Plans

10. Narrative and Modeling

11. What’s left to do…
• Development Patterns
– Smart Growth / Sustainable Development
Ordinance Assessment 
– Scenario Modeling
– Regional Brownfield Inventory
– Tax Base Analysis
• Housing
– Fair Housing Equity Assessment and
Regional Analysis of Impediments
– Regional Housing Market Analysis 
• Mobility Systems
– Regional Transportation Vision
– Housing + Transportation Analysis
• Economic and Workforce Development
– Comprehensive Economic Development
Strategy
– Regional Broadband Investment Strategy
– Plugin Electric Vehicle Regional
Infrastructure Study 

12. What’s left to do…
• Social Equity
- Social & Environmental Justice Plan 
- Social Equity Summit
• Green Infrastructure
– GI Inventory
– Urban Low Impact Stormwater Recommendations
• Climate Adaption
– Climate Adaption Plan
• Healthy Communities
– Regional Food System Assessment
– Retail Food Environment Index
• Raising Awareness
– Local Design and Development Plans
– Rebranding Project 
– Piedmont Voice
– Regional Summit 

13. Implementation Themes
 Strengthen Every Community
■ Toolkit of Best Community-Building Practices
■ Mixed-Use (Re)Development Centers (Housing, Jobs, Shops, etc.)
 Link Communities Together
■ Multi-Modal Transportation, Broadband (4G) & PEV Networks
 Connect Training and Job Growth Sectors
■ CEDS / Regional Career Academies / Workforce Development
■ Leadership Development / Small Business Growth
 Establish Fresh & Healthy Food Networks
■ Piedmont Grown / Farmers Markets / Address Food Deserts
 Prepare for Severe Climate Events
■ Environmental Justice Study / Climate Adaption Plan

14. Strengthen EVERY City, Town and County in the Region
Invest in a Regional Multi-modal Transportation Network
Link Regional Assets
Training/Education to Job Growth Sectors
Housing Centers to Job Centers
Develop a “Fresh Food” Infrastructure
Ensure Severe Climate Event Preparedness

20. Resources and Assistance
How can we partner together?
USDA FTA
EPA HUD
FEMA DOL
FHWA DOT

21. THANK YOU!
Project Team Members
Paul Kron – Piedmont Triad Regional Council
Hanna Cockburn – Piedmont Triad Regional Council
Kyle Laird – Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation
Mark E. Kirstner, Project Manager – Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation
markk@partnc.org
triadsustainability.org
piedmontvoice.org