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Coldwater launches 14‑month master plan update; consultants seek broad public input
Summary
Planner Julie Sherhart of Progressive Companies briefed the Coldwater Planning Commission on a 14‑month master plan update process that includes surveys (200 responses so far), multilingual outreach, pop‑ups, steering committee meetings and two public open houses.
Julie Sherhart, a planner with Progressive Companies, briefed the Coldwater Planning Commission on the city’s master plan update and described a 14‑month schedule that emphasizes repeated public engagement and data analysis. Sherhart said the project officially kicked off in July and will combine a steering committee, pop‑up events, two open houses and targeted outreach to produce a vision, goals, a future land‑use map and an implementation plan.
"A master plan is a, policy document that is required for, communities under Michigan State law, the Michigan Planning Enabling Act," Sherhart told commissioners, framing the plan as the legal and policy basis for zoning and capital‑improvement…
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