Crawford County meeting speakers urge residents to complete comprehensive‑plan survey before July 1

At a Crawford County meeting on June 13, meeting speakers urged residents to complete a county comprehensive‑plan survey and said July 1 has been discussed as an end date for responses.

Speakers emphasized that survey responses will help shape planning priorities and strengthen grant applications for roads, bridges and other infrastructure. "If you don't like the road you live on, please take the time to fill the survey out," said Speaker 1 (unidentified speaker). Speaker 1 added that the survey can show community support needed to pursue state and other grant money: "A lot of times they wanna see that you put the work in. We've done some culvert inventories and taken pictures of the conditions, so we could have information ready if the state would have money."

The discussion focused on outreach and participation rather than a formal decision. Speaker 2 (unidentified speaker) said the survey distribution has not reached all parts of the county and called for broader advertising on social media, radio, television and billboards, noting that some residents do not subscribe to the local paper. "I don't think we're gonna get it now as we get some advertising out there," Speaker 2 said, and estimated the county was "about 2,000 short of being at 4,000" responses. The transcript does not record a vote or formal deadline; July 1 was described as a potential end date by meeting speakers.

Speakers also encouraged respondents to list local priorities beyond headline topics such as zoning, wind or solar development. "Even in general, everybody that lives in this county cares about the road conditions in their area, the bridges that may need replaced," Speaker 1 said, adding that survey answers can be used "to leverage money for, you know, grants."

Other items mentioned during the same discussion included a zoning meeting scheduled for May 25 at 5 p.m., and an e‑waste pickup earlier the same day, which Speaker 1 said involved "2 trucks" collecting items. The meeting transcript shows repeated public‑engagement appeals and a suggestion to use neighborhood networks to increase response rates, but no formal action to extend or modify the survey was recorded.

For planning follow‑up, meeting staff listed future items including a June 17 work session with department heads and a June 17 health‑department update by Deborah Anthony and nurse practitioner Kayla Crowell. The courthouse will be closed June 19 in observance of Juneteenth, the meeting record notes.