Page 7 - The City of Greensboro Conditions and Trends

CITY OF GREENSBORO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CONDITIONS & TRENDS

Development
Land Use Categories

Single-family Residential Growth at the Fringe
Planned Unit Development Since 2000, Greensboro increased in land area by roughly 25 square
Multi-family Residential
Public & Institutional miles or 16,000 acres. Most of this 23% increase in size was due to
Heavy Industrial annexation, much of it in 2000 with “Reedy Fork Ranch” in the
Commercial northeast and in 2008 with “The Cardinal” near the airport. Reforms to
Light Industrial involuntary annexation by the North Carolina General Assembly have
All Other, including reduced the rate of physical expansion since 2011.
 Agricultural
 Auto-Oriented Land Use
 Business Park
 Central Business Most of the land in Greensboro is used for residential development,
 Neighborhood Support with significant concentrations of commercial uses in the downtown
 Office area and along major roads. Industrial uses are concentrated just south
 Parkland & Natural Resource Area of the airport and south of Downtown along I-40 Business, but it is
 Traditional Neighborhood important to note that from 2003 to 2017, the City lost 407 acres
 University Mixed Use
(10.6%) of Heavy Industrial land. Institutional uses align with locations
Source: City of Greensboro 2017 of colleges and universities.

EXISTING LAND USE

DRAFT -7- March 15, 2018