County planner outlines 12‑month schedule for Joint Comprehensive Plan

Jul 21, 2025

Director Paul Forgey told commissioners the Joint Comprehensive Plan is a 12‑month, community-focused blueprint, with requirements to be submitted by April 2026 for DCA review and adoption aimed for June 2026. The update covered schedule, master plan elements and next steps.

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Paul Forgey, Dougherty County’s Director of Planning and Development Services, gave commissioners an overview of the Joint Comprehensive Plan and framed it as a long-range blueprint for growth. "This was a long-term plan for how we want our community to grow and develop in the future," Forgey said while outlining a project schedule that targets submission of requirements by April 2026 for review and adoption by both boards by the end of June 2026.

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