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Town Council Workshop Meeting

Town of Holly Springs · Town Council
Tuesday, September 8, 2026 at 6:00 pm

Work session Economic development incentivesGrants and outside fundingHousing and affordability

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What's on this agenda

Holly Springs staff bring the Town Council a draft housing affordability action plan with 22 implementation steps, worked up from the three areas and nine actions the council endorsed at its June workshop. If the council is satisfied with the draft, the plan goes to the Planning Board this month, then to a public hearing and an adoption vote in October. Forty minutes are set aside for it.

The council also reviews where the Downtown Investment Grant program's boundary runs. Economic development staff will compare how other Wake County towns draw theirs and what widening the eligible area would do. A third block covers community engagement, following council direction from June: listening sessions, neighborhood leadership and a 311 service. This is a workshop, so the council gives direction rather than voting, and a closed session is listed if one turns out to be needed.

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Agenda items (8)

Discussion item · 3Procedural · 2Presentation · 2Closed session · 1
  1. 1. Welcome / Call Meeting to Order
    Procedural
  2. 2. Workshop Overview
    Presentation
    The town manager sets out what the workshop will cover.
  3. 3. Community Engagement
    Discussion item
    Administration and communications staff present options in three areas — community listening sessions, neighborhood leadership, and a 311 service — and ask the council to set priorities. It follows council guidance from the June 2026 workshop. Forty minutes.
  4. 4. Draft Affordable Housing Action Plan
    Presentation Housing and affordability
    Development Services staff walk the council through a draft Housing Affordability Action Plan running to 22 implementation steps, developed from three core areas and nine action items the council endorsed in June. Staff ask whether the draft matches what the council wanted, and if so will schedule Planning Board review this month, a public hearing, and an adoption vote in October. Forty minutes.
  5. 5. Downtown Investment Grant Program (DIG) Geography
    Discussion item Economic development incentivesGrants and outside funding
    At the council's request, economic development staff review the boundary of the Downtown Investment Grant program, benchmark it against other Wake County programs, and lay out what expanding the eligible area would mean. The council is asked whether it wants the boundary changed. Thirty minutes.
  6. 6. Open Discussion
    Discussion item
  7. 7. Closed Session (if needed)
    Closed session
  8. 8. Adjourn
    Procedural

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