[Massplanners] Dynamic Master Plan

[Michelle Tyler]

Watching for responses.  Our Implementation Committee has asked the
Planning Board to conduct a "mini update" to our 6 year old plan.  Planning
Board isn't (yet) convinced
*Michelle R. Tyler*
*Director of Planning*
*Town of Randolph*
*781-961-0936*
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On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 9:41 AM Katrina O'leary via MassPlanners <
massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:

> Do any communities update their Master Plan more regularly than every 10
> -20 years?  My Master Plan committee chair is wonderful – and creative.  He
> proposed updating new chapters of the Master Plan every couple of years so
> it is always “current.”  I see many problems with this, mostly due to the
> fact that the citizen engagement for each of these regular updates wouldn’t
> be as robust as a Master Plan update done every decade or more.   There
> would also be a lack of the overall “vision” that is so important to focus
> on while updating your plan.
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> I told him I’d post the question on the listserv to see if any communities
> had experience with more dynamic Master Plans.
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> Do any communities update their Master Plan piece by piece on a regular
> basis?  Has it worked for you?
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> *Katrina O'Leary, AICP   *
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> *Middleton Town Planner*
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