Comprehensive planning is an important tool for communities to articulate how they’ll grow in a way that’s consistent with best planning practices, local values, and geographic context. A Comprehensive Plan really is comprehensive in nature. It covers a wide range of topics that impact a community’s future. There are the typical “hard” issues like transportation, mobility, infrastructure, and parks and open space. But there are also “soft” issues like identifying what makes Bloomfield special in residents’ minds, what are key local cultural characteristics that are important to the residents who live here, run a business, go to school, etc. In addition to planning for future commercial and residential development patterns, a Comprehensive Plan captures what people love about Bloomfield and how to foster future growth in a way that reflects these values.
The Plan focuses on a range of core community issues related to land use, transportation, economic development, housing, and community character to guide Bloomfield, capitalize on unique local assets, and grow in a meaningful way that reflects its small town character.
Objectives of the Comprehensive Plan: