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Fayetteville staff launches downtown master-plan engagement, aims for draft next year
Summary
Long Range Planning staff unveiled a new downtown master plan effort, emphasized community-led scoping and opened a mobile engagement site with an email and phone line; staff said a draft should be ready for review around this time next year and eventual City Council consideration.
Long Range Planning staff announced the launch of a new downtown master plan and urged broad community participation in shaping the project. The staff member said the plan, adopted in 2004, is being updated to reflect two decades of change and growth in Fayetteville.
The staff member said the approach will put public input first. “We’re gonna start with community input and not start with getting consultants under contract,” the Long Range Planning staff member said, adding that consultants will be brought on later to expand capacity. Staff said the engagement process will run through 2026 and that a draft plan should be available for public review about a year from now before any City Council consideration.
Staff demonstrated a mobile-first engagement website where residents can respond to a set of prompts and read and vote on other people’s comments. The project contact email is longrangeplanning@fayettevillear.gov and the project phone number given was (479) 601-3332; staff said someone will monitor that phone during business hours and at times when staff are doing public engagement.
Staff reported several hundred responses so far and invited groups, including schools and neighborhood organizations, to request presentations. The planning team described interactive engagement with middle-school students at Walker Park as an example of the format they will use with younger participants.
According to staff, the public feedback will inform the scope of consultant work and the plan’s priorities; after public engagement and analysis, the draft plan will go to the City Council for final adoption.
