Monday, March 14, 2011

Community Meeting 03/10/2011 Recap

KPS Group is very proud and excited to begin the Comprehensive Planning process with the City of Columbus. The first community meeting was a success. We define success as the quantity and the quality of information we gathered about the City of Columbus from the individuals in attendance. It would have been great to have more people in the room to add their thoughts and to hear what was being said, but that did not stop or let those who were there hold back on what they needed to say. As you will see in the linked files we were able to really talk about the planning process, showcase some beginning analysis and then ask a lot of questions of the participants. The first link is the PowerPoint presentation that we showed at the meeting. The second link is the typed up notes that we took at the meeting on the large flip chart. This is just the beginning.

This plan is an ongoing, ever developing and changing process based on the feedback and information that citizens give us. We would like to encourage everyone who was at the meeting, anyone who is interested in the plan and anyone who has additional feedback we need to hear; to please post and email us. We want to make sure every voice is heard, and everyone can participate in your plan.



As we go forward, we are going to try and make sure this place is a forum to share the information we are receiving, the information we are developing and the plan for review, comment and clarification. We will be providing links to all the material we develop and hope you can take a moment to lend your voice and thoughts to your plan, a Columbus Comprehensive Plan.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Columbus Launches Citywide Plan Process

Welcome to the Columbus, Mississippi Comprehensive Plan website. Tonight (Thursday March 10, 2011) the City of Columbus hosts the first public meeting in the citywide planning process. We expect to have the results from the meeting posted here by March 17. Please come back to the site for updates on the planning process, to review plan materials as they are prepared, and to leave feedback for the City and Project Team.