Questions
What is a comprehensive plan?
A comprehensive plan consists of three parts:
- Community Assessment: This document tells you what your community looks like, it’s a state of the union of sorts. It looks at housing, transportation, natural resources, employment and wages-kind of like looking in the mirror and assessing yourself.
- Community Participation Program: This document outlines our plan for ensuring that all of the diverse interests of the citizens of Duluth are represented in the planning process.
- Community Agenda: This document outlines what you want to look like. The Community Agenda is the city’s vision of it’s future. It tells people who we want to be and how we plan on getting there.
What is a visioning workshop?
Visioning workshops are meetings in which all attendees participate in visioning
exercises that are designed to get everyone’s creative juices flowing toward
establishing a description of the community’s future-its “vision.” Vision
exercises often take the form of mapping exercises, questionnaires and
brainstorming sessions.
What is a Stakeholder?
Stakeholders are people or organizations that have a vested interest in any
outcome of the comprehensive plan. They can include city residents, elected
officials, civic organizations, schools, etc. People who have a “stake” in the
future of their community.
I don’t have the time to attend meetings, but I have some ideas or comments on things about the city that could be improved.
That’s okay. We would still like to hear any comments or suggestions you have about the planning process. You may either call the City of Duluth’s Planning Department at (770) 476-1970 or e-mail Michelle Larsen at mlarsen@duluthga.net with your comments.