On behalf of the Town Council, staff, and the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee I want to thank the citizens of Summerfield for participating in the Town Meeting held September 29th.

Over 170 of your neighbors and friends participated in a two-hour visioning workshop answering the important questions of “what is my desired future is for Summerfield” and “what my undesired future is for Summerfield”.  The breadth and scope of the ideas that citizens provided included everything from more to parks and recreation and open space, to concerns about traffic congestion to ideas regarding our schools and infrastructure.  It was exciting to see citizens working together to propose the future that they envision for their town.

At the end of the evening, participants were able to rank their most desirable and undesirable futures.  While there were instances of direct conflicting goals (no commercial development vs. more grocery stores, for instance) definite themes emerged that will used by the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee to guide the development of the plan.  

I hope that those that participated found it to be an interesting and exciting event, but this is not the end of the process.  Over the coming months the committee will work to develop a draft plan that will be presented to the community at a future town meeting.  Your work is not done either, I encourage you to stay involved by watching the progress of the committee on our website (www.summerfieldgov.com), and most importantly, when the draft plan is ready, that you grab your neighbor and come back to see the outcome of your community’s vision -only then can we say that we have developed a true citizen-led Comprehensive Plan for the future of Summerfield.

View the Document - "Sept 29th Comp Plan Meeting Results "

Michael Brandt
Town Manager