Full PDF of the RFP may be found here: Town of Kernersville RFP Comprehensive Plan_Issued 10.04.2024.pdf

Purpose

The Town of Kernersville (further referred to as "the Town") is soliciting Proposals for Services from qualified firm(s) or a team offering comprehensive planning, future land use map, and transportation planning services. The Town desires to have a well-organized comprehensive plan, which will include a future land use map identifying key areas for focused development and an updated thoroughfare plan identifying future road network needs as dictated by the future land use map. The plan should be developed out of extensive and innovative public engagement opportunities. It should be forward thinking and address the anticipated growth without compromising the community character, foster economic development, and recognize and build upon the Town's existing successes. The plan document should not only be well-organized, but also succinct and user-friendly.

The Town will select a qualified multi-disciplinary planning team based on proven excellence in completing projects that involve the following elements:

• Comprehensive Planning
• Land-use Planning and Design
• Economic Development with market research
• Transportation planning
• Placemaking

The top firm should have experience with involving the public, including but not limited to holding public meetings, using social media and online tools and surveys, applying public facilitation techniques, and other innovative, creative, and effective engagement methods. The top firm should also have experience in communicating alternatives and recommendations through visual tools, such as Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, or InDesign or other graphic design software.

Community Brief

Kernersville, North Carolina is a large town with a small-town atmosphere located almost entirely in eastern Forsyth County with an expansion into western Guilford County. Known locally as "the heart of the Triad," Kernersville is centered between Winston-Salem, Greensboro, and High Point, NC. Kernersville has excellent interstate access to I-40, the new I-74, and US Hwy 421 plus numerous state highways. Being centrally located and connected to so many points beyond has created growth and redevelopment pressure for Kernersville.

At the heart of Kernersville is a thriving downtown anchored by locally owned businesses. The Town has a variety of housing types and neighborhoods, ranging from apartments to half-acre lots to smaller estate tracts. The Town seeks to build on and leverage existing successes while maintaining the small-town atmosphere that Kernersville is known for.

Kernersville had a population of 26,449 in the 2020 Census. There are several main thoroughfares in Town, excluding interstates and US highways. Main Street, Salisbury Street, and NC 66 are the primary north-south corridors, and Mountain Street is the primary east-west corridor. Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) range on these streets range from 28,500 to 8,300.

Kernersville has a Council-Manager form of government. The Board of Aldermen are elected at large, with the mayor running separately.