Fort Payne, Alabama
Fort Payne Forward Comp Plan
The Fort Payne, Alabama comprehensive plan, known as Fort Payne Forward is a 10-year strategic plan aimed at making the city a better place to live, work, and play. Built upon public involvement and need/ opportunity, the plan focuses on interstate gateways, land use and design standard updates, trails, downtown improvements, and Econ Dev. strategies.
More than 150 community members attended the first in-person meeting, which was held at the new Little Ridge Intermediate School, designed by GMC. GMC’s planning team presented their initial research based on public survey results gathered during phase one and shared general “big ideas” and concepts for the plan based on these findings. During the meeting, the community was able to give feedback on the development of the plan to ensure the planning team is headed in the right direction as they continue to gain buy-in and build consensus. GMC also led two group activities at the end of the meeting, during which groups created“vision statements” for the city and then participated in a priority ranking activity, discussing what the city’s priorities should be and the specific projects related to those priorities.
