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LUPC outlines multi‑phase update to comprehensive land‑use plan; county commissioners to review survey in May

Penobscot County Commissioners · April 2, 2026
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Acting planning manager Stacy Benjamin and acting executive director Ben Dodson told Penobscot County commissioners that the Land Use Planning Commission has launched a three‑phase update to the Comprehensive Land Use Plan, with a public survey due this spring and community workshops planned for late summer and fall.

Stacy Benjamin, acting planning manager with the Land Use Planning Commission, told the Penobscot County Commissioners at their April 1 workshop that ‘‘the last CLUF was adopted in 2010’’ and that the LUPC voted in December 2024 to begin a comprehensive update.

Benjamin described a three‑phase process that begins with a pre‑process of outreach to identify issues and how the public wants the update to proceed, followed by a public survey and community workshops, and ultimately a contracted update and adoption process. ‘‘We are developing a public survey,’’ she said, and officials expect to share a…

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