For those who couldn't attend, here is the PowerPoint presentation that planner Wade Thompson used on December 4. The "next meeting" date on the last slide was changed --

Next Meeting: Tues. Feb 5, 2008, 6 pm
at Fulton Town Hall

Call Dave Brown at 608-931-1179 for a conversation about the December 4 meeting and discussion of issues raised.

As elements of our comprehensive plan are drafted and refined, review copies will be posted on the Rock County Planning Dept. website.

According to s. 66.1001, after January 1, 2010, if a town, village, city, county, or regional planning commission engages in official mapping, subdivision regulation, or zoning, those actions must be guided by, and consistent with, the community's comprehensive plan.  Commonly referred to as Wisconsin's "Smart Growth" legislation, the Comprehensive Planning Law (s. 66.1001) does not mandate how a local community should grow, rather it requires public participation at the local level in deciding how a community wants to look and be in the future, and that can even mean simply preserving what a community has today.

That's the message -- If we want to keep Fulton the way it is, or, we want to see major changes in zoning and land use philosophy -- this comprehensive planning process is the way to make it happen.