come and be heard regarding the future of Cleveland, Charleston, and Bradley County

Cleveland Daily Banner - Public asked to contribute to plan update:

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By the year 2035, an additional 32,000 people, 19,000 jobs and 14,000 homes are expected in Bradley County, according to recent planning studies. 

Meeting the demands of growth on roads, schools, parks, utilities and other infrastructure needs while preserving the quality of the environment and controlling public costs will be a big challenge.

To meet this challenge, Bradley County and the cities of Cleveland and Charleston are updating comprehensive plans and developing three more detailed small area plans for the central city area, southern growth area (Exit 20 and McDonald vicinity), and northern growth area (Mouse Creek Road and Charleston vicinity).

The comprehensive plans will serve as guides to local government decision makers; and inform residents, businesse, and others about how and where growth and change are expected.

A key opportunity for public input in the planprocess will be a planning charrette in the Bradley Square Mall conference center Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

The plans need to be based on a targeted future based upon the ideas of many people in the community. The charrette is a time of dialogue and interaction to complete the ideas and images that will form the plans described above.

This is the community’s time to come and be heard regarding the future of Cleveland, Charleston, and Bradley County. Staff and consultants will be available from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday, and 1 to 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Stop by throughout the day on Tuesday and Wednesday to review the materials and make comments and suggestions. Then, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, the public is invited to review the consolidated comments from the week.

Planning consultant Greg Dale with McBride, Dale & Clarion of Cincinnati said recently that previous meetings were to help them better prepare for the mall event where development goals will be displayed.

Material will be available for people who did not attended the strategic planning meetings in 2010 or the more detailed comprehensive planning sessions in 2012.

Information is also available on the Internet.