Niagara Communities Comprehensive Plan
Project Overview
"The Niagara Communities Comprehensive Plan is being developed through a bottom-up process that encourages positive and meaningful dialogue on the issues and challenges facing Niagara County and its communities in the 21st Century. Many of these issues are familiar to us, but our challenges can be overcome by working together. This process is about providing an opportunity for each and every one of us to come up with solutions that will bring us closer to realizing positive change in our communities. As the process continues, I urge everyone to get involved by participating in upcoming meetings, and by engaging in constructive dialogue. The Niagara Communities Comprehensive Plan will be shaped by your ideas, so please get involved and help author the Plan. Let's plan to participate and participate to plan!"
-Greg Lewis, Niagara County Manager
Learn more about Niagara County government by downloading our Citizens Guide.
The Niagara Communities Comprehensive Plan addresses five core planning areas. These focus areas are addressed within the plan relative to issues and opportunities, goals and objectives, existing conditions and future needs, and strategies and recommendations. The five focus areas of the Niagara Communities Comprehensive Plan are:
1. Land Use and Environment
2. Economic Development
3. County Services, Facilities and Infrastructure
4. Education
5. Public Health and Safety
The Niagara Communities Comprehensive Plan is almost entirely grant funded having received funding through the New York State Quality Communities Program and the New York State Office of Community Renewal. Niagara County contracted Clough Harbour & Associates LLP (CHA) to serve as the lead planning consultant for the project and to prepare the plan.
The project also includes work by sub-consultants Basile Baumann Prost Cole & Associates and Community Oriented Geography.
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Niagara Communities Comprehensive Plan 2030
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Final Niagara Communities Comprehensive Plan
Cover Page and Acknowledgments
Chapter II - Planning Process and Previous Initiatives
Chapter III - Environmental Setting and Existing Conditions
Chapter IV - Community Profiles
Chapter V - Land Use and Environment
Chapter VI - Economic Development
Chapter VII - County Services, Facilities and Infrastructure
Chapter IX - Public Health and Safety
Chapter X - Implementation Plan
Appendix A - Plan Steering Committee Meeting Notes
Appendix B - Niagara County 2007 Planning Census
Appendix C - Niagara County Planning Board Guide
Appendix D - National and State Historic Resources
Appendix E - Stakeholder Comments
Appendix F - SEQRA Documentation
Appendix G - Community Surveys
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