Last week saw a number of local government stories of note, mostly involving local government action on growth issues.
Businesses have three years to come up with their traffic reduction plans.
Fares comprise just 20 percent of TTA's budget. Members of a Watauga County growth commission last week asked the County Commission to come up with a plan to control growth, the Winston-Salem Journal reported last week. Watauga has no zoning regulations, a form of government regulation that residents have long opposed. The growth commission didn't outright endorse zoning, but it did recommend imposing tougher land-use laws and looking into the possibility of developing zoning ordinances. In Clemmons, the Village Council postponed plans for a strict sign ordinance after members drove around town and looked at business signs, the Winston-Salem Journal reported.