LAND USE VISION

The Connections 2050 Land Use Vision defines a regional visualization for Centers-based development and the preservation of agricultural and natural lands. The Land Use Vision divides the entire region up into four layers: Infill and Redevelopment areas, Emerging Growth areas, Rural Resource Lands, and the Greenspace Network. Overlaid on these land use areas are over 125 Centers, which are points of more concentrated development around which new development should be focused.

GREENSPACE NETWORK

The Plan proposes linking and expanding the region’s existing protected natural areas into a Greenspace Network, where parks, forests, meadows, stream corridors, and floodplains are joined together in an interconnected system. The Greenspace Network is based on the twin principl...

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