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Comprehensive planning administrator outlines long-range vision for Chesapeake
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Kevin Finn, the City of Chesapeake’s comprehensive planning administrator, said he leads a four-person planning team and favors an aspirational, practical comprehensive plan that anticipates needs through 2036 and 2045 and centers resident engagement.
Kevin Finn, the City of Chesapeake’s comprehensive planning administrator, described his office’s role and long-range priorities in a brief presentation. Finn said he supervises a team of four comprehensive planners who help set a vision for the city.
"Comprehensive planning doesn't just focus on the today or the current residents, but it also anticipates what future residents are also gonna want," Finn said, stressing the office's multi-decade outlook. He noted the city's comprehensive plan looks forward to 2036 and 2045 as milestone horizons for that vision.
Finn said the plan aims to balance aspiration with achievability so Chesapeake remains "an exceptional place to live, learn, work, farm, and play." He emphasized planning that accommodates both residents' and businesses' needs as well as those of visitors to the area.
On public engagement, Finn said he values listening to residents and incorporating diverse opinions into the planning process. "Having those conversations and seeing the difference in opinion and needs that all those residents have, and then being able to address them and have those voices be heard and reflected in the plans that we produce is something that I find a lot of value and and and pleasure in," he said.
Finn also described a personal path into planning: childhood play with toy streets, fire stations and Legos that developed into an interest in building and designing communities. He closed by introducing himself by name: "My name is Kevin Finn, and this is how I care."
