Consultants present three land‑use concepts; commission and residents workshop maps for Converse 2050

Freese and Nichols consultants presented three draft land‑use concepts to the Converse Planning and Zoning Commission and led a workshop where commissioners and residents sketched preferred uses on large maps. The presentation and follow‑up table exercise drew on multiple public engagements and was framed as part of the city’s Converse 2050 comprehensive‑plan process.

The consultant, identified in the meeting as Caitlin of Freese and Nichols, said the project is in the land‑use and development phase and remains on track for a final plan by the end of the year. She summarized public outreach to date: three CPAC meetings, three public events, two Walmart intercept survey sessions that engaged about 66 people, a land‑use workshop with roughly 30 participants divided into eight teams, and an online survey that generated about…