This Website has been developed for the residents of the Town of South Hadley and others interested in the development and implementation of South Hadley’s Comprehensive Plan. Use the links to the left to get more detailed information about the Plan and its development process.

What is a Comprehensive Plan?

A Community Master Plan:

• tells a community what it looks like today and what direction it has decided it wants to go for the future; it includes assessments of existing resources and issues, projections of future conditions and needs, and consideration of collective goals and desires
• is a policy guide and provides a framework for the physical development of the municipality. While the emphasis is on buildings and infrastructure, it does not ignore the important social and economic values of the community. The comprehensive plan is a method of translating the community's values into specific actions
• covers a time frame of about 10-20 years; it is assumed that shorter-term reviews will keep it current with the changing needs of the community
• is closely integrated with other municipal planning documents and initiatives, for example in South Hadley the Open Space & Recreation Plan.

How is South Hadley building its Comprehensive Plan?

• Funding
• Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee
• Public outreach and meetings
• Data collection and analysis that will ultimately be rolled into the Comprehensive Plan document
• New implementation plan.