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Consultants outline Bourbon County comprehensive plan process; steering group will recommend two firms to commissioners
Summary
Consultants from Confluence presented a five-phase comprehensive-plan proposal to a Bourbon County steering group, discussed engagement methods and a possible zoning add-on priced at about $40,000–$50,000, and the group voted to recommend Confluence and Foster and Associates to the county commissioners following an executive session.
Christopher Shires, principal and vice president at Confluence, and Abby Eckberg, a project planner at the firm, presented a proposed comprehensive-plan process to a Bourbon County steering group on a weeknight in Fort Scott. The consultants described a five-phase approach that includes an existing-conditions assessment, a public-input phase using both an online engagement platform and a statistically valid household survey, draft chapters and open houses, and final adoption with an optional zoning-recommendations memo.
"This is your community. This is your plan," Shires said, stressing that the firm’s role is to gather community input and deliver a usable document rather than a plan that “just sits on the shelf.” Eckberg described two survey options: an online Social Pinpoint…
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