Thank you to everyone who came out and contributed their input on the future of St. Joseph at the Visioning Session.  

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Some key takeaways from the meeting were:

Downtown:

• Area is revitalizing and has strong potential
• New businesses are starting up
• Encourage residents need to support local businesses
• Need to increase number of affordable housing for middle- and low-income residents
• Connect downtown to the riverfront
• Expand compassionate care for homeless population

Architecture and History

• City contains many architectural gems
• Many historic buildings need to be restored but are large and cost prohibitive to current resident’s needs
• The city’s rich history includes but expand beyond the Pony Express

Parks and Parkways

• Parks and parkways are the gem of the city
• Need to advertise what the parks and parkways have to offer
• Bring back festivals and have no cost for admissions
• More strongly connect the city to the river and bluffs

Citywide

• Strong art scene for a city of its size (Statues, murals, music, live theater)
• Better advertise positive aspect of the city to residents and nonresidents alike
• Help bridge language barriers
• Unify and build on the strong sense of community already present

To see full notes from meeting, select file below.

St. Joseph Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee met on September 21st, 2021 to review progress on the comprehensive plan. The planning team, received feedback on the data collection and the the advisory committee also reviewed and confirmed opportunities and issues identified in the existing comprehensive plan. A discussion about October's listening session and open house occurred.

Stay tuned for updates on October's Open House!

The Agenda included:

• Schedule update
• Survey and listening session update
• Ongoing existing conditions and data collection
• Review and confirm existing plan components

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We want to hear from you! Your participation in this survey will help define community needs and produce a plan that helps realize St. Joseph's potential today and for future generations.

The survey is just one way to provide your input throughout the planning process and you do not have to live in St. Joseph to complete the survey.
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The planning team met with the St. Joseph Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee on August 24th, 2021 for a great kickoff meeting. The meeting included a presentation about the goals of the comprehensive plan and the schedule of the planning process. A discussion about "What does success mean to you?" provided wonderful future-oriented conversation to start the planning process. Below is a link to the presentation from the kickoff meeting that gives background information on comprehensive planning and the process for it.

WELCOME TO THE ST. JOSEPH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

The City of St. Joseph has begun the process of creating its first Comprehensive Plan. The plan is an important tool that will provide guidance to community leaders and decision makers for sound and efficient community growth patterns based on the vision of community stakeholders.

Citizen involvement is the cornerstone of the St. Joseph's Comprehensive Plan. A successful plan is identified not just with the elected and appointed officials of the City who adopt it, but with the entire community and its residents who will help draft it and want to see it followed and maintained. The St. Joseph Comprehensive Plan should not be considered a static document but rather the result of a continuous process to gather and evaluate information and make informed decisions based upon constantly changing conditions.

If you are interested in becoming involved or submitting a comment, fill out the small form on the "Get Involved" tab.

Thank you for your interest in the project!

Stay tuned for more information!