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Consultants project Iowa City population growth to 95,000 by 2050; steering committee readouts prompt climate commission engagement
Summary
Consultants presented land-use and demographic projections to the steering committee for Iowa City’s comprehensive plan and told commission members the city must plan for roughly 350 housing units per year to meet projected growth; public engagement dates were not yet scheduled.
Angie Smith, the Climate Action Commission’s representative to the city’s comprehensive-plan steering committee, briefed commissioners on a March 10 meeting where consultants presented data on land use, transportation and population forecasts that will inform the city’s comprehensive plan.
“By 2050 they predict that the city of Iowa City's population will be 95,000 people,” Angie Smith said, summarizing consultant projections and the plan’s time horizon. The presentation, she said, used anonymized mobility data and other sources to analyze how residents travel and how land is currently allocated in the city.
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