Additional Vision Comment Provided_Ledec_5 11 23 Town of Barnstable DRAFT VisionBARNSTABLE LOCAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Draft Vision
5/11/2023 Recommended edits prepared by C. Ledec
The town of Barnstable is a vibrant and diverse community where people and nature thrive together.
We are committed to creating a healthy, safe, inclusive, and equitable place for all residents and to
restore, enhance and protecting our natural resources for future generations.
To achieve our vision, we will proactively:
Promote a diverse and equitable economy that supports living wages and local businesses and
restores, enhances and protects the naturaldoes not harm the environment.
Commit to providing affordable and attainable year-round housing options for all residents.
Provide equitable access to high-quality education, healthcare, and human and social services,
and a healthy environment.
Strengthen community connections and communication town-wide and seek opportunities for
collaboration with neighboring towns.
Foster an inclusive community that values diversity.
Create a healthy, safe community, and care for those in need.
Protect, restore and enhance priority natural habitats, salt and fresh water resources, both salt
and fresh, and open spaces.
Protect and improve the quality and quantity of our drinking water.
Prepare and adapt to climate impacts including for sea level rise. and other climate impacts.
Reduce our environmental footprint by investing in renewallow-carbon energy, reducing
greenhouse gas emissions, and better managing our waste.
Build on our outstanding outdoor recreational opportunities and enhanceexpand access to open
spaces while also ensuring no environmental harm as recommended by the open space and
recreation plan.
Preserve , and enhance and celebrate the unique historic character and sense of place of the
town and each of its seven villages.
Incentivize redevelopment over new development and steer development toward locations
where adequate infrastructure exists and away from environmentally sensitive areas town-wide
and adjacent lands.
All development should protect, enhance and restore environmental conditions on site using
innovative low impact development practices, minimize land clearing of native vegetation, and
require bird-friendly building design.
Enable people to travel safely and efficiently by the mode of their choice.
Build essential infrastructure that is resilient, adaptable, and sustainable and minimizes its
environmental impact..
Increase transparency of the local government so that it can make effective decisions ground in
citizen input and implement necessary changes efficiently.
Recognize and build upon previous efforts by citizens and the Town to make Barnstable the best
that it can be.