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City, county, Valier working on growth policy plan |
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Wednesday, 13 February 2008 |
By Buck Traxler, I-O Editor
The city, county and town of Valier (CCV) have banded together to formulate a “growth policy” with a vision for where it wants to grow and have public guidance for growth and change.
The City Growth Committee includes Karla Breding, Judy Ellis, Laurie Eisenzimer, Barbara Shephard, Chris Berg and Debbie Wilcox.
Subject to change, the City Planning Board is made up of Gary Dent, Ralph Caputo, K. Breding, Wendy Judisch, J. Ellis, L. Eisenzimer, and C. Berg.
Representing the county are Commissioner Sandy Broesder, Del Styren, Ron Jones, Mark Grubb, Sara Taliaferro, K. Breding, Ken Wheeler, Sr., and Paul Kronebusch.
The city has received a CDBG grant for $15,000 and the county as well to help in implementing a new county-wide growth policy. The town of Valier is also looking for grant money as well.
Judisch, who is also a councilwomen for Conrad, says, of the growth policy, “This is a community vision, not a set of rules. It is a vision of how and where the community wants to grow and of how the community sees its future.”
The last growth policy here was done in 1978.
The CCV growth policy is loosely modeled with that of Whitefish, however, it will take on a life of its own by the time it is finished.
The completed document is needed for applying for future grants. But more importantly, it is the future of the CCV. It is an official statement of public policy.
The growth policy committee recently met and is just beginning to work on the vision of the future.
This will be everyone’s plan for the future of our community and will cover land use, population, housing, economic development just to name a few of the elements that will go into making up a policy.
While the people named are working to put this document together, it is important to note that it is not their policy, but a statement of public policy.
“The more the community is involved, the better,” says Judisch.
If you would like to be involved, have ideas or comments, contact anyone of the committee or planning people.
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