Draft Forks Comprehensive Plan

The Draft Forks Township Comprehensive plan is being reviewed by the Planning Commission. The draft plan has the following sections:

- Natural Features and Agricultural Conversation Plan.
- Land Use and Housing Plan.
- Historic Preservation.
- Economic Development Plan.
- Community Facilities and Services Plan
- Transportation Plan
- Putting this plan into action
- Appendices (Population and Housing of Forks and Major Sources of Community Development Funding)

A copy of the plan should be available at the February 26, 2008 meeting. The coolest part of the plan is Section 7: Putting this Plan into Action. The draft plan promotes the following goals to implement the comprehensive plan:

Goal 1: Promote substantial citizen input, including making sure residents are well-informed about community issues and encouraging volunteer efforts to improve the community.

It is essential to keep citizens informed and provide opportunities for meaningful citizen input, while making use of new technologies for communication.

Goal 2: Continually work to put this plan into action – through a program of updated planning and many short-term actions with a long-range perspective.

Maximize communications, coordination and cooperative efforts between the township, the school district, adjacent municipalities, the County, PennDOT, and other agencies and organizations.

The Township cannot implement this Comprehensive plan alone. Involvement is needed by residents, neighborhood organizations, civic groups, businesses, institutions, property-owners, and may other groups.

These are the same ideas we discussed during the past year. I am very glad these ideas are getting serious consideration for inclusion into the Comprehensive plan.

If you have any ideas or comments about critical issues facing Forks Township, please share your ideas via our blog.

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Sincerely,

David Billings
d.billings@att.net