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Comprehensive Plan
Augusta-Richmond County Comprehensive Plan 2018
The current Comprehensive Plan was last updated in 2008 and focused on growth and land development through 2030. This 2035 Comprehensive Plan Update will set a unified vision and goals for growth and land development that will serve as a holistic blueprint to guide how and where growth will occur through 2035.The Envision Augusta Comprehensive Plan is meant to be a living document that reflects the changes happening within Augusta. It will help shape how Augusta will proceed into the future from a multitude of perspectives related to those required planning elements; housing, land use, economic development, transportation, community facilities, cultural resources, and environmental and natural resources.
The plan document lays the groundwork for establishing a clear vision, identifies community goals and serves the following functions:
The plan is broken into four sections:
- It lays out a desired future for Augusta-Richmond County.
- It guides how that future will be achieved.
- It formulates a coordinated long-term planning program.
- Land will be developed
- Housing will be made available
- Jobs will be attracted and retained
- Recreational facilities will be improved
- Public services and facilities will be provided
The plan is broken into four sections:
- Preface
- Community Profile
- Analyzes all existing conditions of multiple elements. It cross examines current community statistics with the past 2008 Comprehensive Plan
- This information was presented to stakeholders and citizens to gauge initial impressions of the community as a whole. The information in this section illustrates all the research conducted for the planning process.
- Community Agenda
- The Community Agenda formalizes a shared community vision, and work program, to meet the anticipated challenges of the next 20 years. The Community Agenda document includes the following vital components:
- A list of “Needs and Opportunities”
- A list of “Community Goals” and long-term policy objectives
- A “Report of Accomplishments” that lists the status of projects from the previous comprehensive plan work program
- A “Community Work Program” identifying specific implementation activities to be undertaken over the next five (5) years
- The Community Agenda formalizes a shared community vision, and work program, to meet the anticipated challenges of the next 20 years. The Community Agenda document includes the following vital components:
- Appendix