Perryville is continuing to look to the future.
Community members, businesses and others are encouraged to attend a meeting about the city’s Comprehensive Plan on Wednesday, August 9 from 3-7 p.m. at the Perry Park Center to learn more about the process and share your input of Perryville’s future. This is the second open house for the plan, with the first being last March.
The project is now in the Scenario Analysis phase which is intended to study areas of the community that may be susceptible to change in the future or those which have exhibited significant change in the past. This open house will focus on presenting and gathering the community’s feedback on future land use and development scenarios, intended to help the community visualize alternate futures for some areas of the city. The community will have the opportunity to share their thoughts, questions, and ideas on these future land use and development alternatives which will be visualized through maps, 3D renderings, and other images.
The planning process for Perryville’s Comprehensive Plan is being lead by St. Louis-based, planning and economic analysis consulting firm, PGAV Planners LLC. Throughout the planning process, the team from PGAV will work closely with a City-appointed Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee whose membership includes Mayor Larry Riney, City Administrator Brent Buerck, City staff members, and a mix of Perryville residents, business owners, and community leaders. These Perryville experts will support the PGAV team through providing local insights throughout the planning process and ensure that the final plan tells an accurate story of Perryville and the community’s vision for the future.
The plan is a long-range planning document that establishes a community’s vision for the future and serves as a road map for achieving that vision over the next 10 to 20 years. The Comprehensive Plan acts as a policy guide providing a framework for the City’s staff and appointed/elected officials to make zoning, development, and other decisions. Whether it’s the future land use map establishing priorities for future development opportunities, placemaking in the downtown, a new street layout or corridor improvements, the plan also allows residents, businesses, property owners, and the development community to find themselves in the plan. The Comprehensive Plan is not a zoning ordinance, subdivision regulation, capital improvement program, or other regulatory document, but rather the basis for the City’s creation and maintenance of such tools which help to implement a comprehensive plan. The Comprehensive Plan identifies priorities related to future land use, street layout, housing, commercial and industrial development, parks & recreation, and other topics that impact the City moving forward.
It studies important questions like…”What type of housing is needed? Where is housing needed?”
