| Middletown's 5 YR Master Plan (Part 1 in a 4 Part Series) |
| Monday, April 7, 2008 3:15:44 PM - Middletown Ohio |
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Project Management Team Members Present Plan for Adoption
By John Beagle
2005-2010 Master
Plan
The Middletown Master Plan was unveiled to
the public at an open house on February 16, 2005. The 5 year plan is to
guide Middletown in its continuing efforts to provide a high
quality of life and excellent business environment for its residents
and employers.
The Master Plan is the culmination
of two years of intense fact finding, data analysis, and public
meetings. This plan is inspired by feedback received from residents and
key stakeholders during interviews, steering committee meetings, focus
group meetings, and public input sessions. As a result, Master Plan
goals, objectives and policy statements were driven, to a large degree,
by the public. In summary, the Master Plan is an action-oriented,
decision making tool.
Here are the 3 Goals of the
Master Plan:
1: Diversify and modernize our local
economy.
Middletown’s economy is concentrated in a few
industries in categories that are declining or stagnant nationally. The
city needs to diversify its economic base and find a new niche in order
to add 3,000 jobs and grow the incomes of its
residents.
2: Turn Current Liabilities into Future
Assets.
Middletown has underutilized properties and outdated
infrastructure that are legacies from another era. Many of these are
drains to our tax base and blighting influences on our neighborhoods.
Middletown needs to find ways of restoring these properties to active
use and updating our infrastructure to meet current and future
needs.
3: Improve Our Community
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Middletown is a diverse urban community with unique
assets not found in surrounding suburban areas. Recent economic
changes, however, have posed challenges to our quality of life, both
real and perceived. The community needs to capitalize on its strengths
and improve upon its weaknesses so that current residents are proud of
Middletown, and residents and businesses outside Middletown are
attracted to our community.
Resource: Middletown
Master Plan
Discuss: Master
Plan 2005-2010
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