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Discussions about Spring Lake’s comprehensive land use plan are intended to lead to strategic updates to the map of the future land uses for the Spring Lake Plan Area, adopted in 2002.
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vision for the future of Spring Lake is being created through a new comprehensive land use plan, and a kickoff meeting was held on Thursday, Sept. 30 at the Spring Lake Recreation Center as one of the first steps to updating the plan for the first time since 2002. On display were several large maps and visuals including future land use maps, current zoning maps, land use and population statistics and other interactive activities where residents could place dots next to their favorite priority items and share other ideas with handwritten post-it notes. Various topics were assigned to workspace stations across the room. Planning staff and steering committee members were around the stations to answer questions and encourage participation. “Land use is about what gets built >>
By Jami McLaughlin
where and therefore impacts many aspects of our daily lives,” said Annette Massari, comprehensive planner for the Cumberland County Planning and Inspections department and lead on the Spring Lake land use plan. “That’s why we are taking a broad approach to this initial engagement meeting and asked participants not just about land use, but also about housing, business and economic development, downtown development, public services and quality of life. By starting broad, we will understand roots the area’s land use needs, how they are interconnected, and the potential impact of land use changes,” said Annette Massari, comprehensive planner for the Cumberland County Planning and Inspections department and lead on the Spring Lake land use plan. The addition of topics from hous-
ing to downtown development is a major difference between the current adopted 2010 Spring Lake Land Use plan, which was created in 2002, and the future plan. “Looking back on the 2010 Spring Lake Land Use Plan, I believe it is fair to say that the primary focus then was strictly on ‘land use.’ While that is certainly an important consideration as a stand-alone issue, staff is looking to broaden the scope to look at areas that affect both land use and community life, as a whole. This will include developing policies on housing development, downtown development, public services and overall quality of life,” said Rawls Howard, director of the Cumberland County planning and inspections department. “I am particularly proud of how our comprehensive planning staff have worked to creatively engage these issues.” See SPRING LAKE, page 7