Staff outlines targeted comprehensive-plan updates, flags $100k–$200k cost for full rewrite
Dec 15, 2025
Dec 15, 2025
Planning staff told the Surry County Planning Commission the packet contains targeted updates to the 2020 plan and recommended limited revisions now; a full, holistic update would likely require budgeting an estimated $100,000–$200,000 and could occur within five years.
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Mister Wade, the planning director who led the presentation, told the commission the materials in their packet were intended as targeted updates—not a full rewrite—and focused primarily on future land-use maps and dated data that in some cases go back to 2017.
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