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articulating the community’s vision for its future, goals help define priorities and provide
common ground between diverse perspective and visions.

Besides providing a policy foundation, the Comprehensive Plan can be used as a tool to help
obtain funding for a variety of projects. It can also be used as a marketing tool to promote the
assets of the Town. Finally, it provides the foundation for any land use regulations the Town
may adopt in the future.

1.2 About This Document

The Town of Newcomb Comprehensive Plan is written and organized to be as succinct as
possible. The plan is organized as follows:

n Chapter 1 provides an overview of the comprehensive planning process (see
below).
o Chapter 2 provides an overview of Newcomb’s existing social, cultural, economic
and environmental conditions.

p Chapter 3 discusses Newcomb’s overall development potential given the town’s
existing regulatory and environmental constraints (e.g. Forest Preserve lands,
zoning regulations, waterways, wetlands, etc.).
q Chapter 4 presents the results and input from the stakeholder interviews
community‐wide survey, and public meetings.

r Chapter 5 is a synthesis of the Newcomb’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities,
and threats, as identified by through the planning process and existing
conditions research. The section also examines the interrelationship between
these trends and conditions.

s Chapter 6 presents Newcomb’s vision statement, which identifies the broad
characteristics and values the community seeks to maintain and enhance as it
looks toward the future.

t Chapter 7 outlines the Newcomb Comprehensive Plan goals. These goals provide
policy directives for the Town over the next 10 to 15 years. For each goal,
specific objectives to implement the goal are provided.

u Chapter 8 provides an implementation table. For each recommendation, the
table provides an implementing agency/organization and potential funding
sources.

Town of Newcomb Comprehensive Plan
March 2010