A 26-member Advisory Committee, appointed by the City Council, spent over a year discussing various elements of the Comprehensive Plan, which serves as the City's primary policy and planning document. The Advisory Committee focused on five Plan goals - Value Our Neighborhoods, Get Around, Grow Our Businesses, Protect Our Resources and Develop Our Land.

In order to meet the City's vision, the Committee stressed the principles of building on our assets, diversity, choice, connectivity, and engagement. These five principles have been incorporated into the Comprehensive Plan as it provides an integrated approach to addressing issues related to growth/redevelopment, housing, economic development, land use, transportation and the environment.

The first open house meeting will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 27 at City Hall and a second open house will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 28 at South Service Center. Both will start at 6 p.m. These meetings will allow you to give valuable input on the primary policy and planning document for the City of Arlington.

The draft Comprehensive Plan as well as the Executive Summary are available on the City's website athttp://www.arlington-tx.gov/pds/comp-plan/.