After nearly four years in development, the City’s Comprehensive Plan, Forward SGF, has been officially adopted. The Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council adopted the Plan on Nov. 14, 2022, following public hearings and a series of final review sessions with the public. So what’s next? I get asked…
Author: Randall Whitman, City of Springfield Planning & Development, for SGFNN
What a challenging year 2020 was for everyone. It’s been no different in the city’s Planning Department. Despite so much early engagement and momentum in the development of the comprehensive plan, the Forward SGF process too, was greatly affected by the pandemic. It’s hard to believe we began the planning…
In March, approximately 120 focus group participants from a number of community organizations, advisory boards and neighborhood groups met for the first of three workshops to narrow down a vision statement, as well as baseline goals, strategies, metrics and key community partners for the following eight planning themes: Arts, Culture…