Planning commission sets Nov. 3 kickoff for comprehensive-plan outreach, targets underrepresented groups

Oct 7, 2025

Onancock commissioners scheduled a public kickoff workshop (Nov. 3) for the comprehensive-plan update and outlined a multi-pronged outreach strategy including neighborhood workshops, postcards, sign-in sheets, sticky-note exercises and targeted sessions for young families and businesses.

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The planning commission agreed on a public-outreach approach to feed the comprehensive-plan update. Chair and commissioners proposed a large kickoff workshop on Nov. 3 (their regular meeting slot) to present draft prompts and gather input, supplemented by smaller neighborhood workshops and targeted outreach to groups that have been underrepresented in prior sessions, such as young families, certain business owners and the historic Northeast neighborhood.

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