Developer Influence on Comp Plan
A few months ago, we wrote an article that questioned the amount of influence developers have had in the creation of Suffolk’s 2045 Comprehensive Plan.… Read More »Developer Influence on Comp Plan
A few months ago, we wrote an article that questioned the amount of influence developers have had in the creation of Suffolk’s 2045 Comprehensive Plan.… Read More »Developer Influence on Comp Plan
Care4Suffolk has been following the City’s 2045 Comprehensive Plan since November 2022. After a two-year process, the draft has been completed and the next step… Read More »Pause the Plan – Help Spread the Word
You wouldn’t build an addition on your house and ask afterwards how much it cost, would you? Of course not – that would be ridiculous!… Read More »Pause the Plan
If you haven’t done it yet, complete the survey for the 2045 Comprehensive Plan draft before the April 8th deadline. It is available online, or… Read More »Comprehensive Plan Survey
The City of Suffolk has been working on the new Comprehensive Plan for two years and it is expected to be voted on this year.… Read More »Sprawl for Suffolk in the 2045 Comprehensive Plan
The new 2045 Comprehensive Plan draft drastically increases the Growth Area in Suffolk, by enlarging the existing one by almost 25%, which is unprecedented in… Read More »Get Ready, More Warehouses are Coming to Suffolk
The State of Virginia requires cities to have a comprehensive plan, and according to state law: “The comprehensive plan shall be made with the purpose… Read More »Fawcett Says Developers Built Suffolk. Did They Write Our New Comp Plan as Well?
Suffolk’s city managers and planners want to start calling warehouse and industrial areas ‘Employment Centers’. You can find them as purple on the planning maps. … Read More »Purple Lipstick on a Pig
Suffolk’s city managers seem eager to sacrifice the city’s natural water resources in the name of development. For decades, previous city administrations have implemented planning… Read More »Sacrificing Suffolk’s Natural Resources
We recently wrote about the City of Suffolk’s plan to increase its Growth Area by 24%. Now we want to explain why this is a… Read More »The Loss of Farmlands: A Loss for All of Us