Pender County leaders seek input on Imagine Pender 2050 Comprehensive Land Use Plan [Video]

ROCKY POINT, N.C. (WECT) – Pender County is the second-fastest growing county in North Carolina. Now, leaders are trying to figure out how to best manage that growth.

At a community meeting Wednesday in Rocky Point, county leaders asked for feedback from Pender County neighbors. It’s feedback they’ll use to develop a new comprehensive land use plan, that they’re calling “Imagine Pender 2050.”

Some views are divided, though. Many think of the exponential growth in the county as either a positive or a negative.

“A lot of folks have different opinions and thoughts on growth and development and conservation,” long-range planner for the county Adam Moran said. “There’s a lot of different potential tools that you know governments could use to help manage that growth. You know, what would those policies look like? What would be the preferences of the community? What type of infrastructure and different amenities in the …