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Comprehensive Planning
Meeting dates and agendas for your convenience.

 
Since the beginning, Chatham County has been a model for planned development. Today, more than ever, this is true. Progressive planning today is laying the groundwork for the Chatham County of tomorrow, and the potential payoff is exciting.  more

Comprehensive Plan
The Comprehensive Plan was adopted in the Fall of 2006. The Plan is available for download.

We are now engaged in review and revision of the Short Term Work Program and Strategic Plan. Four presentations were given as part of an initial workshop meeting:

Aging In Place (here)
Climate Change
(here)

Live Healthy (here) and
Transition Town (here)

For more information about the Short Term Work Program revision process, contact Dennis Hutton, 651-1450, Jackie Jackson Teel, 651-1454 or Jack Butler, 651-1478.

For a schedule of committee meetings, click this link.

 


Urban Agriculture: Rediscovering Roots
A study of food policy and practice in Savannah, Rediscovering Roots” received an Honorable Mention as an Outstanding Planning Initiative for a Large Community from the Georgia Chapter of the American Planning Association.  The study, developed with  the assistance of Harambe House and the Healthy Savannah organization, examines Urban Food Deserts and the role of Urban Agriculture in Savannah. Click HERE to view the study.”

Water Conservation for Everyone
It's in everyone's best interest to conserve our water resources in the Chatham County area. The MPC is proud to provide the following educational resources to all interested individuals and groups at our new website: www.mpcnaturalresources.org.  more

     

 

MPC Natural Resources website launched.

Multifamily Housing Report for 2006

 Thomas Square Streetcar (Mid-City) Land Use Plan and Thomas Square Streetcar (Mid-City) Zoning Ordinance are available now.

Learn more about the Unified Zoning Ordinance

The Comprehensive Planning Department's Short Term Work Program report for 2009 is now available for review.

Comprehensive Plan is available for Download.

 
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