COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
The La Porte Comprehensive Plan is a multi-faceted document designed to serve as the City's guide for future growth and development. The Comprehensive Plan makes basic policy choices for La Porte's next twenty years and provide a flexible framework for adapting to real conditions over time. This plan will be used by the Mayor, City Council and City departments to guide their decisions and actions and relationships with other cities, counties, and state government in terms of consistency with Comprehensive Plan policies. Citizens may look to this plan for guidance regarding the City's goals and commitments to ensure a sustainable future for La Porte.
One of the best part of this comprehensive planning process is seeing how much every La Porte resident cares about the future of our community. Over the past several months, that caring and commitment has been clear as citizens turned in their input, which provided the foundation for the Steering Committee, City Staff, and the Consultant team to create a comprehensive strategy for maintaining and enhancing the quality of life in La Porte. Throughout this planning process, we have been guided by several basic principles:
We have the ability and the resources to shape a more positive future. We do not have to accept a declining quality of life. By planning for the future and involving the entire community, we can maintain the qualities and make La Porte even better.
Confronting the challenges ahead and creating the community will require all of us to make tough choices. Our efforts to shape a better future must be driven by the values and concerns of the entire community and their continuing input will be critical to the future of La Porte.