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Comprehensive plan steering committee reports engagement progress, outlines phase 3 strategy work

5737347 · September 9, 2025
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The steering committee reported the comprehensive plan is moving into phase 3: strategy development. Presenters said engagement to date has reached roughly half the steering committee27s outreach goal and outlined next steps, roadshows to boards and technical working sessions, and a timeline to finalize a draft in early 2026.

A representative of the comprehensive plan steering committee (referred to in the meeting as Laura) updated the Norwood Planning Board on the comprehensive plan process and next steps.

Laura said the project has completed phase 2 (vision, themes and goals) and is entering phase 3, a strategy brainstorming and vetting stage. "We are right now at the end of phase 2 of comprehensive plan. And so I just wanted to update the board and give a little review of, what we're up to in phase 3," she said. The project team reported roughly 1,500 engagement points in phase 2 and that the steering committee had established a goal of about 10% of Norwood's 2020 census population (roughly 3,134 participation points) as…

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