Town of Spencer
Massachusetts
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Spencer Master Plan
Help Determine Spencer's Future
The Town of Spencer is updating its Master Plan! This plan will lay out a vision for Spencer's future over the next ten years and provide a roadmap for achieving our community goals.
Please get involved and help determine Spencer's future! Subscribe on the Contact Us page or follow the Spencer Master Plan Facebook page!
A Master Plan is a comprehensive community plan that explores important topics such as land use, natural resources, economic development, housing, transportation, and other themes.
Through the planning process, a town assesses its challenges and opportunities, and collects input from the community. Once written, a Master Plan lays out a vision and strategies for the community to achieve its goals.
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Master plans require periodic updates. Issues, challenges, and residents preferences can change a lot in 10-20 years, which is the typical horizon of a master plan. Spencer's current Master Plan was written in 2003.
What is a Master Plan?
How does a Master Plan
help Spencer?
A Master Plan helps a community
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Manage growth and change
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Provide for orderly and predictable development
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Protect environmental resources
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Set priorities for developing and maintaining infrastructure and public facilities
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Strengthen local identity
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Create a framework for future policy decisions
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Promote open, democratic planning
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Provide guidance to landowners, developers, and permitting authorities
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