The City of Gainesville has released the first draft of its updated comprehensive plan, a document that will guide how the city grows and develops in the coming years.
Comprehensive plans outline where housing and businesses can be built, how transportation systems are designed, how the environment is protected, and how public infrastructure is funded. State law requires cities to maintain these plans, but local governments have flexibility in how they shape them. Gainesville leaders say they want the updated plan to reflect residents’ wants and needs.
The draft is organized into nine sections: Our City Government, Our Cultural Identity, Where We Live, How We Build, How We Get Around, Our Environment, Our Health and Wellbeing, How We Work and How We Learn…