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Officials call for a shorter, clearer and more accessible comprehensive plan
Summary
Commissioners and council members said the current New Market Comprehensive Plan is informative but too long and comparing the town to larger communities reduces usefulness; they urged targeted goals, better website access and more frequent updates.
Participants at the March 9 kickoff described the existing plan as informative but in need of editing and better public visibility. Officials suggested the plan be shortened, use more appropriate comparators for a town New Market's size, and include targeted goals and action items that staff and council can follow.
The consultants and elected members recommended making the plan more accessible online and using outreach tools to help citizens and business owners understand how to apply the plan in decisions. The group emphasized that updating frequency should increase compared with the 2008 plan, and that tables and data should be made more locally relevant.
