Wake Forest Downtown Plan

The initial phases of the Plan have begun with an anticipated completion in late Fall/Early Winter 2024.

The Community Engagement section of this page describes all the opportunities available to provide your input, including public meetings. Any meeting dates and times throughout the process will be listed to the project web page as they are scheduled. Additionally, online surveys will be posted on this page and Engage Wake Forest. Finally, materials from meetings and more information detailing the Downtown Plan process can be found on this page.

The Wake Forest Downtown Plan provides a great opportunity for residents and businesses to communicate their vision for Downtown Wake Forest and identify what issues are most important for the Town to address in the near term and in the future. The planning process is designed to promote community involvement and encourage citizen participation. We know that the success of this planning effort will depend on engaging our community, so community outreach is included throughout the planning process.

The Downtown Plan is a policy document creating a vision and goals for Wake Forest’s Downtown commercial center focused on frameworks such as land use, redevelopment opportunities, transportation, mobility and connectivity, and streetscape and public realm. The UDO is a regulatory document pertaining to a wide range of development activity and land use decisions. The Plan will help guide decisions but is not law.