Vision21Hunterdon County, NJ

July, 2003

The Hunterdon County Planning Board is preparing a new Growth Management Plan.

The Hunterdon County Planning Board is preparing a new Growth Management Plan.

The Plan will provide recommendations for growth and preservation based on input from county residents and a regional planning perspective.

Vision21 is the County’s public outreach program to find out how residents want the County to grow in the

21st century.

The result ofVision21 will be a vision statement for our

future.

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Our master plans are required to have land use

goals. But without an overall context or vision,

there is no assurance that the goals are mutually

compatible. The vision is what all of the goals

should be working towards.

Vision21 consists of

• Public Opinion Survey

• Bus Tour of New Developments

• Internet-based Community Design Survey

• Public Forum to share results of the above activities and create a Vision for our County’s

future

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The following slides summarize results from our

Public Opinion Survey and Internet Survey.

A complete report describing the results of these surveys,

and a report summarizing public comments from our Bus

Tour can be viewed by visiting our Smart Growth website.

(Please see last slide for website address).

RESULTS OF THE PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY

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The public opinion survey was looking for comments on:

Highway Development and Traffic

Water Resource Planning

Images Appropriate for Hunterdon County

Planning issues important to residents

Styles and patterns of new housing developments

Public Opinion Survey April – May, 2003

• Mailed out 5,000 surveys of a randomly selected list of registered voters

• 356 surveys were returned undeliverable

• 1,966 surveys were returned, a 42% response rate

• Questions were about “most important” planning issues, development patterns, affordable housing, traffic and water issues.

Worse76%

Better11%

No Difference

8%

Unsure5% Worse

BetterNo DifferenceUnsure

How has development affected the County as a place to live?

Impact of Development

How serious are these issues in Hunterdon County?

Planning Issues in the County

Downtown Revitalization

How serious are these issues in Hunterdon County?

Large Residential Developments

Planning Issues in the County

How serious are these issues in Hunterdon County?

The Need for Economic Growth

Planning Issues in the County

How serious are these issues in Hunterdon County?

Water Quality & Supply

Planning Issues in the County

How serious are these issues in Hunterdon County?

Over-Development

Planning Issues in the County

How serious are these issues in Hunterdon County?

Loss of farmland & open space

Planning Issues in the County

How serious are these issues in Hunterdon County?

Traffic

Planning Issues in the County

How serious are these issues in Hunterdon County?

Downtown Revitalization

Large Residential Devts

Economic Growth

Water Quality & Supply

Over-Devt

Loss of farmland & open space

Traffic

Planning Issues in the County

0

25

50

75

100

StaggeredWork Hours

Mixed-UseDevts

EncourageSmall Home

Offices

ConcentrateFuture Devt

Somewhat Support

Strongly Support

What is your level of support for the following ways to reduce traffic?

Traffic