Read and click the links below to see the previous materials released for this project. Do you have comments or ideas? Please submit them through the form at the bottom of this page.
Step 1: Baseline Materials
Background
Click Here to read baseline information and view maps for a variety of topics important to the USVI. These are still in “draft format” but were put together as a starting point for the Comp Plan.
Step 2: Formative Issues
Background
Click Here to read draft Formative Issues. These issues were identified through our first round of research, interviews, and public engagement - including the February/March 2023 Town Halls.
Step 3: Guiding Principles & Policy Directions
Click Here to read draft Guiding Principles & Policy Directions along with some example Working Strategies. These are the building blocks of the Comp Plan.
Click Here to visit our Virtual Open House. The survey is now closed, but you can review the materials presented and watch videos of the Town Hall meetings.
Step 4: Comp Plan Open Studios
CLICK HERE to see a Community Input Summary from all the events.
CLICK HERE to see information on the areas being explored on all three islands.
Click the links below to see materials presented.
The Comp Plan guiding principles and policy directions are the foundation of the plan, providing a comprehensive direction for land and marine use areas. Building on that foundation, the team generated a series of drawings to test the application of the principles and policies and demonstrate how they could inspire changes to notable areas in the three major islands.
The framework drawings and birds-eye sketches are being used as tools to visually express the plan’s guiding principles for public input, allowing for enhanced public dialogue using real places as test cases. The team will use the public input we receive to refine the drawings, which will inform the upcoming specific policy changes, future land use maps, and zoning recommendations in the plan.
Step 5: Policy Previews
Policy Previews were developed to summarize major issues U.S. Virgin Islanders most want the Comp Plan to address. This series is not exhaustive, and the Comp Plan goes into greater detail. But these Policy Previews provide a high level summary of the Plan content.