Community Outreach & Engagement

Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee Mission Statement

The Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee’s mission is to:

• Engage the Lewisboro community in order to inform the future of our town and capture this vision in an updated Comprehensive Plan. 
   
• Ensure fair and equal opportunities for all members of the community to provide input throughout the multi-year process.

Why is inclusive and wide-reaching public participation so important?

• We want true representation of the people who live and work in Lewisboro
• We want people to see their ideas in the Plan and feel connected to it
• Developing the Plan is an investment in the future of Lewisboro

What will public participation look like?

• Interactive and engaging public meetings:
  • In-person open houses: drop in, move through interactive stations, share your thoughts directly to the consultant team and engage in small-group discussions
  • Virtual surveys mirroring the content of the open houses
  • Translation services, closed captioning, and childcare will be made available wherever possible (please send requests to steering [at] planlewisboro.com)

• The public participation process is designed to solicit feedback directly from individuals and allow individuals to share their feedback directly with the consultant team, without intermediaries of any kind

• Multiple opportunities to participate along the way:
  • Meeting series #1 – January and February 2023 (Complete)
    • Creating a vision statement for Lewisboro, identifying Town strengths and weaknesses
  • Meeting series #2 – Late Spring 2023
    • Including Hamlet specific meetings
    • Deep dive into specific goals and objectives
  • Meeting series #3 – Late 2023/early 2024
    • Including public hearings
    • Input on first draft(s) of Comprehensive Plan and proposed zoning amendments
  • Pop-up events throughout
    • Steering Committee and Outreach Team volunteers to advertise meetings and surveys at Lewisboro events

Community Outreach & Engagement Plan

The Committee is excited to share our working plan for engaging the Lewisboro community throughout this important project.  Don't see your organization, association, business, etc. listed as a stakeholder?  Please send us an email and let us know (steering [at] planlewisboro.com)!

View the current version of the Community Outreach & Engagement Plan here. 

This working document will continue to be updated throughout the process.  We welcome feedback from all residents and stakeholders.