Comprehensive Plan Consultant Recommendation
Public Information Officer Cristina Shaul, Pat Coleman and Michael Flake, Comp. Plan RFP/Consultant-Selection Committee Representatives
SUMMARY: A comprehensive plan is the leading policy document and tool to help communities create a vision and guiding principles for decision-making for their town. The comprehensive plan’s purpose is to directly inform decisions that we make as a community. It does so by helping us to understand our historical context, identify current or anticipated issues, evaluate options for how to best proceed, and establish a set of policies to accomplish our aims. The board of commissioners identified the comprehensive plan as a priority in their 2018-2019 Strategic Plan. Additionally, our last comprehensive plan was completed in 2010 – most communities update or create a new plan every five years. This is especially true for communities in high-growth areas like the Charlotte metropolitan region. This will be a community-centered process. The comprehensive plan process entails an extended community conversation that intentionally engages all stakeholders – residents/citizens, neighborhoods, businesses, the college, town government, non-profits, and institutions. To assist with public engagement, visioning, and plan composition, an experienced consultant was selected by a commissioner-appointed committee of citizens, staff, and elected officials. The committee received six responses, interviewed four firms via phone, selected three top choices, and interviewed two firms in person.
On August 7, that committee will present its recommendation and seek the approval of the Davidson Board of Commissioners.