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Selma mayor urges planning board to follow land-use plan as town readies for industrial and retail growth
Summary
At a Town of Selma Planning Board meeting, the mayor told board members to give “quite a bit of deference” to the town—s future land use plan while the town manages rapid industrial and retail expansion, and discussed downtown preservation, sidewalks, parks and proposed nature preserve land.
The mayor of Selma told the Town of Selma Planning Board that members should give "quite a bit of deference" to the town's future land use plan as development accelerates around Selma.
The mayor said the planning board should use the future land use plan as a guide when considering projects and should re-evaluate the plan more frequently to reflect rapid growth. "As part of your deliberations, you look at a project that comes before you and you state whether or not it fits within the guidelines of the future land use plan," the mayor said.
The mayor described a cluster of industrial and commercial projects shaping future growth, naming an "electricity certified site behind Cisco," industrial shell buildings planned by a private developer, Crystal Windows' proposed 550,000-square-foot building in the Eastfield area, and a new BJ's Wholesale and Target with projected openings.…
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