The
Sherborn Planning Board invites all residents to the first of a series of public
forums on the new draft General Plan for the Town. This forum will focus on the
Natural Resource and Open Space goals of the General Plan. As these goals are
also part of the draft Open Space and Recreation Plan, this forum is
co-sponsored by the Open Space Committee.
The forum is a step in the Planning Board's process of producing
a new General Plan for the Town, the first since 2001. State law requires that
the Planning Board of each town must adopt a comprehensive Plan to provide a
basis for decision-making regarding the long-term development of the town. The current
Sherborn Planning Board is committed to producing a General Plan that provides
a shared vision of Sherborn's future, including preservation of the Town's most
valued assets as well as needed improvements.
The Plan seeks to define broad goals for the coming years and decades and
to provide clear recommendations, practical strategies and specific actions to
fulfill those goals.
From the start, the Planning Board has sought to make the
process as inclusive and transparent as possible. It began in 2014 with a
town-wide survey, followed by formation of volunteer citizen "working
groups" who worked for many months to produce draft sections of the Plan. Over
the past several months these drafts have been reviewed and revised by the
Planning Board with input from many Town Boards and Committees. So far, dozens of Town residents have taken
an active role in the General Plan process.
While the writing and editing process is ongoing, sections of
the draft General Plan are being presented to all interested residents in a
series of public forums. The first will be held on Wednesday, January 25th at 7:00 PM at the Sherborn Town Hall. It will
be focused on Goals concerning Sherborn's Natural Resources and Open Space.
Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend.
