Now I am the first to admit that if you put a group of planners together in a room they may emerge all on the same page singing the same song. Sometimes I have criticized them for not seeing the forest or the trees.
But planners play an important and vital role in our communities in deciding about changing use of a building, schools, firehalls, where new parks and recreation facilities should be located to new subdivisions and how they are designed.Sometimes we end up looking at plans that may not happen for 10 years. Some are ones that will come to fruition in a year or 2.
The growth in our communities does just not happen by happenstance or willy nilly. It is the result of many meetings, long discussions and public consultations. Sometimes when we are looking at an area we will have a group of dedicated citizens sit on a committee to come up with plans and designs.
All of you planning decisions have a public process from Public Information sessions, to pen houses to full public meetings. The information we gather from theses are vital for us as elected people to decide how our communities are going to look. All of our meetings like these are advertised and notifications sent to people who live near by.
The best way you can be involved is by engaging your local elected official. By working with them you can help shape the future of our town. The best way to start that is to contact the candidates, talk to them and VOTE.
It all starts with a VOTE! VOTE and make your voice be heard.
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