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Elbert County kicks off 2045 comprehensive plan with emphasis on community engagement
Summary
Consultants from Kimley‑Horn outlined an 11‑month schedule for Elbert County’s Comprehensive Plan 2045, stressing broad community engagement, steering‑committee input and multiple outreach formats; commissioners and residents questioned committee composition and youth outreach.
Consultants from Kimley‑Horn presented the kickoff for the Elbert County Comprehensive Plan 2045 on the Planning Commission docket, outlining an 11‑month schedule and a community‑driven approach to drafting the county’s guiding land‑use document.
The presentation centered on outreach: a countywide online survey, pop‑up events at county festivals, a series of open houses and roughly ten hour‑long steering‑committee working sessions intended to test and refine vision and policy language, consultant Blake Young said. He said the plan will be a guiding (not prescriptive) document to shape land‑use decisions through 2045 and that state law requires evidence the public was meaningfully engaged.
Why it matters: the comprehensive plan sets the county’s long‑range vision and informs future zoning and subdivision decisions. Commissioners pressed consultants on how engagement will reflect the county’s rural character, how steering‑committee members will be selected and how younger residents will be included.
Young said the project team will launch a project…
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