Over the past year and a half, the Comprehensive Plan Committee has listened to your stories, concerns, hopes, and ideas. From groups of neighbors meeting for visioning sessions to online surveys and detailed strategy working sessions – your input has shaped every step of Stow’s Comprehensive Plan.
Grow Thoughtfully
Protect Stow’s rural beauty and allow the place to change with the community.
Increase Community Connections
Everyone should feel a sense of belonging and a role in shaping Stow.
Livability for All
Affordable homes, welcoming places, and public services that serve all generations.
Better Ways to Get Around
Make local travel easier and more accessible, no matter how you get around.
Resilience for Tomorrow
Strengthen our services and spaces so we can adapt and support each other.
Phase I: Stow Yesterday & Today
STUDYING
In Phase I, the project team conducted a study of “existing conditions” in Stow, as laid out in statute. We also developed a project website, and set project-wide outreach goals.
Phase II: Stow Tomorrow
VISIONING
In Phase II, the project team conducted community engagement around a ten-year vision for Stow.
The Committee organized this vision into Core Themes and Goals for the Plan.
Phase III: Achieving Stow Tomorrow
STRATEGIZING
In Phase III, the team is developing, revising, and refining a list of community-supported strategies.
These strategies will support the ten-year Vision, Core Themes, and Goals of the Comprehensive Plan.
Phase IV: Plan Finalization & Adoption
FINALIZING
[We are here!]
In Phase IV, the team will create the Comprehensive Plan documents for approval by the Planning Board.
Next up: Stow's Draft Comprehensive Plan!
We're here to listen, learn, and work alongside you to build a plan that reflects Stow’s heart and future.
Your ideas are the foundation of this planning effort. We're working to incorporate all the ideas that we heard into a draft plan document to guide Stow over the next ten years.