Your Town Your Future: Next Step, Vision and Goals

Your Town Your Future: a Master Plan for Arlington will guide our community’s development, preservation, conservation and facilities over the next twenty years. 

In June, over 200 people participated in workshops for Your Town Your Future and approximately 1,200 people responded to a survey based on the October 2012 forum results. To date, over 50 community stakeholders, such as business owners, elected officials and Town leaders, have been interviewed. The Master Plan Advisory Committee and the Town would like to thank everyone who has participated so far in Your Town Your Future: a master plan for Arlington.

Next, the Master Plan Advisory Committee (MPAC) will develop broad goals for land use, housing, transportation, economic development, facilities, natural and cultural resources, open space and recreation. Interested members of the public are welcome to attend and participate in the following sessions.

Schedule of work sessions on the draft goals:

Element, Date/time, Location
Land Use, July 11, 7:00 p.m., Senior Center, ground floor

Natural and Cultural Resources, Open Space, Recreation, July 16, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Annex, 1st Floor

Transportation, July 16, 7:00 p.m., Senior Center, ground floor

Public Facilities, Public Financing, To be Determined  

Housing, Economic Development, To be Determined

The MPAC will continue to meet over the summer and working with the Planning Department and consultant, produce a vision and goals statement in the fall. At that time, the statement along with next steps for the Master Plan process will be published. The MPAC meetings are also open to the public.

Stay informed throughout Your Town Your Future

The most reliable way to stay informed over the two-year Your Town Your Future process is by subscribing to Town notices. www.arlingtonma.gov/subscriber. For more information on Your Town Your Future: Arlington’s Master Plan visit the Department of Planning & Community Development online at:

www.arlingtonma.gov/Planning