Town of Warrensburg Comprehensive Plan

What is a Comprehensive Plan?

A Comprehensive Plan is a guidance document that sets goals, policies, and priorities for investing in the physical, economic, and environmental future of our Town.

What topics can a Comprehensive Plan address? What does a Comprehensive Plan actually do?

Comprehensive Plans typically address a wide range of issues that are important to residents and business leaders. Exploring issues and opportunities, engaging the public in a group problem solving exercise and building a consensus on the future direction of the Town.

Warrensburg’s current (2012) Comprehensive Plan established goals and recommendations focusing on economic development, Main Street, housing, open space, recreation infrastructure and improved waterfront access.  The Town has accomplished many of its goals; some remain unfinished.  Updating the plan will allow the Town to reset what’s important, what goals are to be maintained and what new goals will be set.

A Comprehensive Plan is a policy document and provides guidance to decision makers.   It provides direction to the Town for investing in transportation improvements and public facilities, revising or creating new zoning regulations, protecting ecologically sensitive areas, and recommending issues for further study. Concept plans and other visuals within the Comprehensive Plan help demonstrate ideas and hoped-for outcomes.

When was the last Comprehensive Plan created for the Town? Where can I find it?

The most recent Comprehensive Plan was adopted by the Town Board in 2012. It can be downloaded from the Town’s website at  https://warrensburgny.us/forms/compplan/Adopted%20Comprehensive%20Plan%20-%20March%202012.pdf

Why is the Comprehensive Plan being updated?

Much has changed in 10 years.  The update is anticipated to focus more deeply into several issue areas, including Main Street, community aesthetics/beautification, tourism and recreation and creating a diverse economy.

How long will it take to update the plan?

The Comprehensive Plan Update began in June 2022, The Update process is expected to take 12-18 months to complete. To stay informed and learn about ways to participate:

How can I provide opinions, ideas, strategies, and/or information to contribute to this process?

In addition to checking the website, the Town Board will regularly provide updates at its regular meetings and through conventional & social media.  Public engagement opportunities will be advertised on the website and on flyers.

Community Engagement To-Date:

• Community Visioning Workshop -Was held on 10/27. The meeting presentation and a summary of the meeting are available for review here- Attachment 
• Stakeholder Outreach- was conducted to 50 businesses, property owners, residents, and other stakeholders between November 2022 & March 2023
• A Future Hamlet Development Focus Group Meeting was held in January 2023 to discuss opportunities in both economic development and historic preservation that would strengthen Warrensburg and identify a long-term vision
• Community Survey- A series of 4 community surveys were launched in Fall 2022 to get feedback on the overall vision for the Town and focused feedback on the key topic areas of housing, recreation/tourism, and hamlet development

Who is leading this initiative?

The Town established a Comprehensive Plan committee who are work closely with our planning consultant LaBella Associates in developing the plan. 

To read summaries of the Committee Meetings, "click here” and link to all the meeting summary memos 

• Meeting Minute one - Click here
• Meeting Minutes Two- Click here
• Meeting Minutes Three- Click here

Please share any of your thoughts and concerns with a committee member.

 

Town Comprehensive Plan Committee

Patti Corlew Jim Hull Joyce Reed John Alexander

Gary Cooper Laura Moore Sharon Sutphin Teresa Whalen