Town Housing Initiatives

Name: Strategic Plan Community Meeting
Start: 2026-07-15T20:30+00:00
End: 2026-07-15T22:30+00:00
Location: Garner Recreation Center

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The Town of Garner seeks to create a road map for expanding and maintaining affordable housing opportunities based on data analysis, current economic conditions, and community feedback. To pursue this effort, the Town Council created the Affordable Housing Task Force made up of organizational and community stakeholders in June of 2025.

Task Force Members

Town Council appointed the following community members and town representatives to the Affordable Housing Task Force on June 25, 2024.

Elmo Vance, Garner Town Council - Chairperson
Jodi Miller, Town Manager
John Hodges, Assistant Town Manager
Demian Dellinger, Garner Town Council
Ralph Carson, Planning Commission
Erin Joseph, Assistant Planning Director
Jeff Swain, GEDC Board & Garner Resident
Rev. Dr. Jeffery Robinson, Pastor, Juniper Level Missionary Baptist Church
Tina Johnson, former Garner Senior Center Advisory Board Member

Town Council Priorities

The Task Force should give consideration to the following priorities identified by Town Council:

• Support the housing needs of an aging community
• Support the housing needs of the local workforce including Town employees
• Preserve existing housing stock to support continued homeownership with local partners
• Preserve existing affordable multifamily housing stock with regional partners
• Ensure long-term housing affordability
• Leverage Town housing investments through public and private partnerships
• Recommend policies to encourage and enable the development of affordable housing
• Promote architectural character, sustainability, and community-building strategies for affordable housing projects
• Investigate opportunities for affordable housing on public property
• Examine opportunities to support homeownership and wealth-building
• Establish outcomes and measures that assist in monitoring and evaluating Town goals
• Ensure that the work of the taskforce is informed by, and decisions made are in keeping with the 2023 Garner Forward Comprehensive Plan

2024 Strategic Goals

Affordable Housing Task Force Meeting Information

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Strategic Plan Community Meeting

Date: July 15, 2026 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. July 15, 2026 4:30 p.m. July 15, 2026 6:30 p.m.
Location: Garner Recreation Center
215 W Main Street
Garner, North Carolina 27529

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The Town is refreshing one of its foundational documents—its Strategic Plan—and we’re seeking your input as an essential part of this process. Join us on Wednesday, July 15, between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. for an open-house public engagement event in the multipurpose room in the Garner Recreation Center, located at 215 W. Main St.

We’ll use the SOAR (Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations and Results) framework to gather your thoughts and feedback to assist us in creating a blueprint for how the Town can best serve you. Conversations with small groups of attendees will be facilitated by staff as the groups cycle through the four SOAR stations. Town staff will capture attendees' feedback, analyze it and use it to help guide our Strategic Plan refresh.

Help us forge a vision and a plan that will guide Garner’s exciting next chapter. We’ll see you on the 15th!

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Affordable Housing Partners

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Affordable Housing Reports

Task Force Final Recommendations Memo

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