Comprehensive Planning
Visionary and pragmatic approaches to long-range planning
Municipal Comprehensive Plans and Master Plans
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Windham, N.H. - Master Plan (2005) |
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Portsmouth, N.H. - Master Plan (2005) |
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Melrose, Mass. - Master Plan (2004) |
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Concord, Mass. - Long Range Comprehensive Plan (2004) |
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Newburyport, Mass. - Master Plan (2001) |
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Orleans, Mass. - Local Comprehensive Plan (1999) |
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Acton, Mass. - Master Plan Update (1998) |
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Douglas, Mass. - Master Plan (1998) |
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Lynnfield, Mass. - Master Plan Goals & Policies (1998) |
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Berlin, Mass. - Master Plan (1997) Prepared a Master Plan with a focus on key land use, growth management and open space issues facing this rural town. In addition to the Master Plan, the project included development of a new Open Space and Recreation Plan, a comprehensive fiscal model for use in capital planning, and a series of zoning regulations to encourage appropriate village commercial development and open space protection. |
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Medfield, Mass. - Master Plan Goals & Policies (1997) |
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Westford, Mass. - Master Plan (1995) |
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Wellfleet, Mass. - Local Comprehensive Plan (1995) The Wellfleet Plan focused on how this harbor village within the Cape Cod National Seashore could protect water quality and community character. In addition, developing a strategy for the tourism-oriented Route 6 commercial corridor was important. The Plan was the second Local Comprehensive Plan to receive certification by the Cape Cod Commission. |
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Wellesley, Mass. - Comprehensive Plan (1994) |
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Pittsfield, Mass. - Master Plan (1993) Prepared a Comprehensive Plan for the major city in Berkshire County (pop. 49,000). A major focus of the plan was the relationship between industrial, commercial and residential districts, and the plan includes recommended commercial development standards, criteria for evaluating rezoning proposals, and guidelines for conversions in residential districts. The Pittsfield Comprehensive Development Plan received the 1994 Outstanding Comprehensive Plan award from the New England Chapter of the American Planning Association. |
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Cranston, R.I. - Comprehensive Plan (1992) Prepared a comprehensive plan for a diverse city of 75,000 residents experiencing both urban revitalization needs and suburban growth pressures. The Plan recognizes and respects Cranston's diversity and established development patterns, and identifies strategic opportunities in several areas of the City to re-focus growth trends within the overall framework of existing development. In order to accommodate continued growth while preserving the rural character of the western part of Cranston, the Plan recommended establishing a compact village center which would include a higher density of residential development as well as civic and limited commercial services. In the urbanized eastern half of the City, the Plan focused on improving the quality of commercial development along major arterials; and proposed policies and standards for expansion and redevelopment of a complex of State correctional and medical facilities. The Cranston Comprehensive Plan received the 1992 award for Outstanding Comprehensive Planning Project from the New England Chapter of the American Planning Association. |
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Acton, Mass. - Master Plan
(1991) Prepared a Master Plan focusing on economic and residential development within the Town's framework of villages. The plan called for future growth to be shifted away from commercial strips and directed instead into new, compact centers containing a mix of residential and commercial uses. Measures designed to implement the Master Plan's policies included transfer of development rights, planned unit developments, and density bonuses for cluster development and affordable housing. The extensive regulatory recommendations of the Master Plan were adopted in their entirety by the 1990 Annual Town Meeting and a subsequent Special Town Meeting. The Acton Master Plan received the 1991 award for Outstanding Comprehensive Planning Project from the New England Chapter of the American Planning Association. |
