Village of Oregon residents help shape comprehensive plan
OREGON, WI (EXCERPTS FROM OREGON OBSERVER): Residents were invited to shape the future of the Village of Oregon as the process of updating its official comprehensive plan continues. A comprehensive plan is a local government’s guide to a community’s overall growth that is updated every 10 years in accordance with Wisconsin’s 1999 “Smart Growth Legislation.” Oregon’s current version was adopted in 2004 and last updated in 2013. One step of the bureaucratic journey, which will continue throughout the year until December, includes a Comprehensive Plan Public Visioning Workshop from 6...
Read MoreHancock County comprehensive plan process moving forward
HANCOCK COUNTY, IND. — Local leaders and a consulting firm have kicked off the process for a new plan that will shape the county’s future. The company is analyzing initial feedback from those leaders, a steering committee has formed to guide the process, and the first of several opportunities for the public to weigh in is available. Vandewalle & Associates, with offices in Madison and Milwaukee in Wisconsin and Columbus, Ohio, is assisting the county with its new comprehensive plan, called Future Hancock. The plan will include visions for land use and thoroughfares along with an...
Read MoreV&A welcomes Benjamin Rohr as Assistant Planner in Growth Management
Previously, Benjamin has worked as a Land Use Planner in Rockford, and as a Planner/GIS Specialist with the Southwestern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission in Platteville.
Read MoreMajor riverfront redevelopment in Monona to begin construction this year
The project, known as Yahara Commons, will ultimately create 26,000 square feet of commercial space, 33,000 square feet of office space, a public park and over 230 residential units between West Broadway and Bridge Road along the Yahara River
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