POUGHKEEPSIE – The City of Poughkeepsie will be updating the city’s comprehensive plan and zoning codes to provide a vision and guidance for future growth and development in the city.
The process will include the formation of a project steering committee, meetings with the common council and city staff, and preparation of a public engagement strategy.
Consultants czb LLC and Ingalls Planning & Design have been selected to assist the city in completing the project.
The city’s comprehensive plan was last updated in 1998, and it has been over 40 years since the city’s zoning ordinance was comprehensively reviewed and updated.
“As we work our way through the COVID-19 pandemic and start to return to more activity and public gatherings, the time is right to take on this task of charting a future vision for the city,” said Mayor Rob Rolison. “The city is seeing more development projects, and staying ahead of this curve through thoughtful planning concepts and ordinances is essential to the city.”
During the past 2 years, Poughkeepsie has engaged in a number of strategic planning efforts to target key areas across the city for revitalization. They include the waterfront transit-oriented development area surrounding the Poughkeepsie Train Station, the Walkway-Gateway District near the Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Site, and most recently, the city’s creation of an Innovation District aimed at transforming the core commercial section of the city’s downtown into an economic center anchored by increased residential population and a creative economy.
Updating the city’s comprehensive plan is funded in part by the Climate Smart Communities Grant Program and the state DEC’s Environmental Protection Fund.
