Master Plan

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Share your feedback on the draft plan recommendations! Review the materials presented at the April Draft Plan Open House, and share your comments 

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Help the Master Plan support Portsmouth’s business community. Are you an artist, entrepreneur, business owner or hospitality worker? We are looking for input from the people who make the Portsmouth business community what it is. 

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Plan Overview

The Portsmouth Master Plan is an eighteen-month-long Citywide planning process that will engage the community in exploring issues such as housing, transportation, economic development, climate, urban form, and land use, among many others. 

Building on the City’s recent topic and location-specific studies, the Master Plan will generate a long-range vision that knits together past, present, and future initiatives covering the entire City, from downtown to all its neighborhoods. The plan will provide a coordinated roadmap for the future development and evolution of the City and will establish a framework for more detailed studies down the road, but is not meant to be a granular study of every issue.

Join us in developing a comprehensive Citywide plan that builds on the many recent studies that the City has undertaken and crafts a unified vision to guide growth and change in Portsmouth.

Learn more below about the process and how to get involved.