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Consultants present draft comprehensive plan, outline review and adoption schedule

5941900 · October 15, 2025
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EDR consultants told Glens Falls Common Council the city has a draft comprehensive plan assembled from public engagement and data, and outlined steps for state and local review with a target for local adoption in January pending comment windows.

Susan Caravana, Planning Services Manager at EDR, and consultant Laura Reynolds told the Glens Falls Common Council that a draft comprehensive plan is complete and now in a formal review phase.

Caravana said the project was funded through a 2024 Department of State (DOS) Smart Growth comprehensive planning grant and that EDR had met the DOS contract tasks, including preparing a community participation plan and a project website. “Public engagement is a key piece of writing any planning document,” Caravana said.

The consultants described the outreach and analysis that informed the draft: a comprehensive plan committee that has met eight times plus a work…

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