Vision 2040: Climate change, sustainability on Southwick planners’ radar screen - MassLive.com
Vision 2040: Climate change, sustainability on Southwick planners’ radar screen - masslive.com
Last in a series of stories about the recommendations in “Vision 2040,” the report of Southwick’s Master Plan Advisory Committee.
SOUTHWICK — During the two-year process of drafting the town’s Master Plan, called Vision 2040, to help guide the decisions elected and appointed town officials make to chart a successful future for the town, the Master Plan Advisory Committee tackled the issue of combating climate change.
“While not a required element of a Master Plan, the town has chosen to include a chapter on climate resilience and sustainability with the aim of developing a Master Plan that prepares and accounts for shifts in actual climate patterns as well as the resources needed to keep Southwick safe, healthy, resilient, and sustainable,” according to the introduction of the last of eight chapters in the Master Plan.
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