Adopting a Comprehensive Plan

1: Adopting a Comprehensive Plan

2: Mapping the Toolkit

3: Customizing the Toolkit

4: Adopting & Administering the Toolkit

If there is any single document that is essential to a successful Toolkit implementation, it is a comprehensive plan. So what is a comprehensive plan? A comprehensive plan documents a shared community vision and establishes principles for how the community might grow and develop over time. A comprehensive plan serves as the guide for decisions made by the city, town or parish, including elements such as economic development, growth management, schools and public facilities, streets and infrastructure, parks and open space, and future land use.

Step 1: Develop a Shared Community Vision
Developing a shared community vision and guiding principles is typically the first step in the comprehensive planning process. A shared community vision is used to guide the difficult decisions that must be made when implementing various aspects of the Toolkit. Learn more about developing a shared vision...

Step 2: Develop a Growth Management Strategy
One of the most important and difficult decisions a community can make is where and how they grow. If a community decides to build a road, open a new school, or extend urban services to an area, it will almost certainly generate growth in that area. These activities must be coordinated with land use and facility planning and the comprehensive plan is the place to do this. Learn more about developing a growth management strategy...

Step 3: Create a Future Land Use Map
A future land use map portrays the community vision and projects how the community should develop over the planning horizon. This map doesn't necessarily reflect the current land use, but rather how land uses might change over time. Learn more about preparing a future land use map...

Step 4: Identify Barriers to Plan Implementation
Before beginning the Toolkit implementation process, it is important to identify current regulatory barriers to implementing the comprehensive plan. The analysis should identify both barriers to applying the Toolkit as well as tools needed to aid with implementation. Learn more about identifying barriers to plan implementation...

Download the Handbook
This web site provides a brief synopsis of the Implementation Handbook, to review the complete Handbook go to the download page. Download the Implementation Handbook...

Need Help Implementing the Toolkit ?
If your community needs help implementing the Toolkit, the Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX) can help. CPEX has experience implementing the Toolkit in a variety of settings and understands what is required to get the Toolkit adopted in your community. Contact CPEX for Toolkit support...

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