The North Carolina Division of Coastal Management is co-hosting a southern regional planning workshop to discuss the future directions for the N.C. Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA) Land Use Planning Program, according to a news release. 

The workshop is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23 at the New Hanover County Government Center, 230 Government Center Drive in Wilmington.

The state coastal agency is co-hosting the workshop with the Business Alliance for a Sound Economy and the North Carolina Coastal Federation, the news release said.

Government officials in Brunswick, Carteret, New Hanover, Onslow and Pender counties, and their respective municipalities, are invited to participate.

A separate workshop for northern coastal counties, and its municipalities, is being planned for early 2014, the news release said.

The meeting will allow “local planning staff and elected officials to engage with other community leaders and stakeholders, and collaborate with state planning staff to provide input on the state’s coastal planning program,” the news release said. Participants will also work with staff from the state Division of Coastal Management to consider new opportunities for technical assistance, streamlined plan reviews, and reduced local planning burdens through improved coordination with other planning requirements and activities.

The workshop is free, but registration is required.

Click here to register and download an agenda.