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Richland County unveils 'Reimagine Richland' draft comprehensive plan; Planning Commission review set
Summary
Richland County officials presented a draft 20-year comprehensive plan, Reimagine Richland, highlighting projections of 50,000–75,000 new residents by 2045, $418 million in retail leakage, and a public-review process that moves next to a Planning Commission work session and hoped-for County Council consideration in March.
Richland County on day two of a strategic planning forum presented the draft comprehensive plan, Reimagine Richland, a 20-year framework officials say is intended to guide land use, infrastructure and community investments as the county grows. Senethia Williams, the county planning director, told attendees the estimates show "50 to 75,000 people will move to Richland County by 2045," an influx she framed as an average of "10 to 15 people a day" who will need housing, jobs and services.
Williams described the draft plan as a nonregulatory guide required by the State Planning Act that goes beyond rezoning to include policy, program and systems recommendations. She said the plan update included three phases of public engagement — a discovery phase, scenario testing and recommendations — and cited the outreach numbers in the draft: 18 public meetings (not counting additional town-hall or neighborhood sessions),…
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