A Snellville task force comprised of students, business owners and community leaders recently met for the first time with representatives from planning and engineering firm, Jacobs, to begin talks about the city’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan update.
The Comprehensive Plan is a map of the city’s future for the next 20 years and sets policy and direction and a five-year work program to accomplish these goals. The topic areas include land use, transportation, housing, economic development and quality of life issues.
“You will be deciding what the city will become,” said Jacobs Urban Planner Meghan McMullen. “You are representatives of the city whether you go to school here, your business is here — you will be the ones taking the conversation of the future of the city back to kitchen tables.”
The task force will meet three more times through September and will identify areas of need before addressing the Livable Centers Initiative, draft community polices, and establish the work program.
A website detailing the process will be launched the week of May 7. Information: www.snellville.org.
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