WORTH COUNTY PLAN 2018

​What is a Comprehensive Plan?​A Comprehensive Plan:

• Documents and illustrates what a community looks like today and what direction it has decided it wants to go for the future; it includes assessments of existing resources and issues, projections of future conditions and needs, and consideration of collective goals and desires.
• Is a policy guide and provides a framework for future land use decision-making and the physical development of the municipality. It will not only address buildings and infrastructure, it will also include the important social, natural resource and economic values of the community. The Comprehensive plan is a method of translating the community's values into specific actions.
• Covers an approximate time frame of 20 years; it is assumed that shorter-term reviews will keep it current with the changing needs of the community.
• Is closely integrated with other municipal documents and initiatives.

The Comprehensive Plan is NOT a zoning ordinance, a subdivision regulation, a budget, a capital improvement program or other regulatory document. It is meant to provide the framework for the development of these implementation tools.

What is involved in preparing a Comprehensive Plan?​

• The Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee will be overseeing the Comprehensive planning process
• Public outreach and meetings
• Data collection and analysis that will ultimately be rolled into the Comprehensive Plan document
• Preparation of the chapters of the plan (sometimes called plan elements)
• New implementation plan.

Information and data are gathered from the prior planning studies, while current views and opinions are being collected through community events where residents are invited to provide inputs. Other sources include data provided from state census data, and mapping data provided by the Southwest Georgia Regional Commission. 

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Click here to learn about the Plan Process and Elements

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We know this can be a bit confusing. View the list of some Frequently Asked Questions

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