{"id":13,"date":"2015-07-24T19:28:43","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T19:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labergegroup.com\/town\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2025-12-08T20:01:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T20:01:34","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/","title":{"rendered":"Town of Bolton New York Comprehensive Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<section class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_0 et_pb_fullwidth_header et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_container left\"><div class=\"header-content-container center\"><div class=\"header-content et_flex_module\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/logo-town-of-bolton-withtransparency.png\" title=\"logo-town-of-bolton-withtransparency\" width=\"368\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/logo-town-of-bolton-withtransparency.png 368w, https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/logo-town-of-bolton-withtransparency-300x74.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" class=\"header-logo wp-image-3388\" \/><h1 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Town of Bolton Comprehensive Plan<\/h1><div class=\"et_pb_header_button_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_fullwidth_header_scroll\"><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Welcome!<\/h2>\n<p>Welcome to the Town of Bolton Comprehensive Plan website. We are excited that you are here and interested in the future of the Town. This website is intended to provide information regarding the development of the Comprehensive Plan update and keep the community informed of opportunities to participate in the process.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Thank you to all who participated in our survey.<\/em><\/strong><strong>YOUR INPUT AND IDEAS ARE VITAL<\/strong><br \/>in order to help shape the future of our community.Town Board Draft Comprehensive Plan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Posted-Bolton-Comp-Plan-May-20-2025wmaps-1.pdf\">Posted Bolton Comp Plan May 20, 2025.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Posted-Bolton-Comp-Plan-May-20-2025wmaps.pdf\">\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<em>The Town Board will continue a public hearing on the proposed Plan on Tuesday, June 3, 2025 @ 06:00 p.m.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Comprehensive Plan Appendices<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Appendix-1-Local-and-regional-plans-summaries.pdf\">Appendix 1: Past Plans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.9px; background-color: #f5f5f5;\" href=\"https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Appendix-2-Demographic_Economic-Profile.pdf\">Appendix 2: Demographic Economic Profile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.9px; background-color: #f5f5f5;\" href=\"https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Appendix-3-Grants-Needs-Assessment.pdf\">Appendix 3: Grants Needs Assessment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.9px; background-color: #f5f5f5;\" href=\"https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Appendix-4-Public-Outreach-rev-20250508.pdf\">Appendix 4: Public Outreach<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Prior Versions of the Draft Comprehensive Plan<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Bolton-2nd-Draft-March-2025-Comprehensive-Plan-w-maps.pdf\">April 1: Draft Comprehensive Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Bolton-Hearing-1-Draft-Comprehensive-Plan-wmaps-rfs.pdf\">November 8: Draft Comprehensive Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additional Documents<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/press-release.pdf\">CPC Public Hearing #1 Press Release<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/final-Hearing-presentation.pdf\">November 20, 2024 CPC Public Hearing #1 on the Draft Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/DRAFT-Mting-Sum_CPC-PHring_11.20.2024.pdf\">November 20, 2024 CPC Public Hearing Summary<\/a><i>Written public comment period on the draft comprehensive plan was open until 12\/31\/24<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please continue to check back often for project updates<\/p>\n<h2>What is a Comprehensive Plan?<\/h2>\n<p>A Comprehensive Plan is a \u201cliving document\u201d that should be updated every 10 years, which provides direction in land use, development, and other long-range planning decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Per NYS Town Law, a Town\u2019s Comprehensive Plan should be periodically reviewed and updated, and Town Zoning updated must conform to the Comprehensive Plan. The Town of Bolton 2002 Comprehensive Plan intended to guide the community for 10 to 20 years after its adoption. Now, 20 years later, the time has come to revisit the Comprehensive Plan to ensure it addresses critical short\/long-term land use, economic, infrastructure, housing, recreation, and resiliency\/sustainability issues.<\/p>\n<p>A Comprehensive Plan seeks to respond to the following questions about a community by using data and community input:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Homepage-arrow-graphic-1024x284.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Homepage-arrow-graphic-1024x284.png 1024w, https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Homepage-arrow-graphic-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Homepage-arrow-graphic-768x213.png 768w, https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Homepage-arrow-graphic-1536x426.png 1536w, https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Homepage-arrow-graphic-2048x568.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>For this effort, the Comprehensive Plan Committee (CPC), appointed by the Town Board, will facilitate a dialogue with the public and community stakeholders to identify ways to invest in, enhance and leverage assets for future growth and development within the Town.<\/p>\n<p>This Plan Update is funded by a Smart Growth Grant through New York State. Smart growth is an approach to community planning that integrates economic, equity, environmental and energy principals to facilitate a livable, sustainable and equitable community. Learn more about the program here: <a href=\"https:\/\/dos.ny.gov\/nys-smart-growth-program\">https:\/\/dos.ny.gov\/nys-smart-growth-program<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_0 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\" href=\"https:\/\/dos.ny.gov\/nys-smart-growth-program\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about the Smart Growth Grant Program<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Project Timeline &amp; Public Input<\/h2>\n<p>The preparation of a Comprehensive Plan relies on public input and data such as US Census demographic and economic data. The first step of Planning process focuses on <strong>Visioning<\/strong> for the future of Bolton to answer the question <em>\u201cwhere do we want to be?\u201d<\/em>, while an <strong>Existing Conditions <\/strong>data analysis will help answer the question \u201c<em>where are we now?.\u201d<\/em> Next, the Comprehensive Plan Committee will prepare the <strong>Draft Plan<\/strong>, including draft goals and recommendations, which is the roadmap for \u201c<em>how we get there.\u201d<br \/><strong>Public input is essential through every step!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Existing Conditions Analysis (CPC) -<\/strong> April- August 2023<\/p>\n<p><strong>PUBLIC WORKSHOP #1: Visioning -<\/strong> September 22, 2023<\/p>\n<p><strong>Draft Goals &amp; Concepts (CPC) - <\/strong>Summer 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>PUBLIC WORKSHOP #2: Plan Goals and Projects -<\/strong> Friday, September 13, 2024, Time: 4:00 - 7:00 PM (Drop In) <a href=\"https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Bolton-Pub-Mting-2-Summary-240925.pdf\">Public Workshop #2 Summary<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Bolton-Hearing-1-Draft-Comprehensive-Plan-wmaps-rfs.pdf\">Draft Comprehensive Plan <\/a>-<\/strong> Fall 2024<br \/><strong>CPC Public Hearing #1 on Nov. 20, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. at Bolton Town Hall<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/final-Hearing-presentation.pdf\">November 20, 2024 CPC Public Hearing #1 on the Draft Plan<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/DRAFT-Mting-Sum_CPC-PHring_11.20.2024.pdf\">November 20, 2024 CPC Public Hearing Summary<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Town Board Review\/Adoption (includes PUBLIC HEARING) -<\/strong> Winter 2024\/2025<\/p>\n<p>For more detail on the public input process please check out how to <a href=\"https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/get_involved\/\"><strong>GET INVOLVED<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Plan sections can be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/plan_documents\/\"><strong>HERE<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bolton-02-27-1970-300-80-1024x156.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bolton-02-27-1970-300-80-1024x156.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bolton-02-27-1970-300-80-300x46.jpg 300w, https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bolton-02-27-1970-300-80-768x117.jpg 768w, https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bolton-02-27-1970-300-80-1536x234.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/labergegroup.com\/Bolton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bolton-02-27-1970-300-80.jpg 1970w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>More to come.<\/h2>\n<p>This website will provide information about opportunities for public input, meeting updates, relevant documents, and additional information as it becomes available. <strong>Please check back often for updates.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>This project was prepared with funding provided by the New York State Department of State. 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