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Cover Nov Draft.Pub VIEWPOINTS Buena Vista Comprehensive Plan FINAL DRAFT November 2011 VIEWPOINTS Buena Vista Comprehensive Plan FINAL DRAFT November 2011 The name, Viewpoints, refers to the beautiful views seen throughout the City of Buena Vista, but it also represents the varying ideas, or viewpoints, of its residents as a vision for the City’s future was created through this plan. Resources. Information for the ‘Relationship to Other Plan Elements’ comes from Under Construction: Tools and Techniques for Local Planning as prepared by Minnesota Planning, September 2002. This document was prepared by the Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission (CSPDC) with the assistance of the Buena Vista Comprehensive Plan Committee. The CSPDC was chartered on September 30, 1969 and is comprised of five counties, five cities and eleven towns. For over forty years, the CSPDC has been providing assistance to local governments and their citizens with issues including land use planning and regulation, transportation, disaster mitigation and preparedness, solid waste management, economic development, water and waste water, emergency management, housing, water resource management and human services. Buena Vista Comprehensive Plan VIEWPOINTS Table of Contents LIST OF TABLES ..................................................................................................................vi LIST OF FIGURES...............................................................................................................viii LIST OF MAPS.....................................................................................................................ix FORWARD..........................................................................................................................xi CHAPTER 1: Population Characteristics .......................................................................... 1‐1 Population Trends............................................................................................................ 1‐2 Total Population......................................................................................................... 1‐2 Population Density..................................................................................................... 1‐5 Age .............................................................................................................................1‐7 Male/Female Distribution........................................................................................ 1‐13 Race and Ethnicity.................................................................................................... 1‐13 Summary of Trends........................................................................................................ 1‐14 CHAPTER 2: Historic Resources ...................................................................................... 2‐1 Relationship to Other Plan Elements............................................................................... 2‐1 Buena Vista’s Story .......................................................................................................... 2‐2 Historic Properties ........................................................................................................... 2‐5 Current Initiatives ............................................................................................................ 2‐9 Strategies for Action ...................................................................................................... 2‐10 CHAPTER 3: Natural Resources....................................................................................... 3‐1 Relationship to Other Plan Elements............................................................................... 3‐1 Environmental Characteristics......................................................................................... 3‐2 Climate ....................................................................................................................... 3‐2 Slope...........................................................................................................................3‐2 Soils ............................................................................................................................ 3‐6 Surface Water ............................................................................................................ 3‐7 Floodplains................................................................................................................. 3‐9 Groundwater............................................................................................................ 3‐14 Vegetation................................................................................................................ 3‐15 Open Space and Parks.................................................................................................... 3‐15 Brownfields .................................................................................................................... 3‐17 Final Draft: November 2011 i Buena Vista Comprehensive Plan VIEWPOINTS Zoning Protections......................................................................................................... 3‐18 Current Initiatives .......................................................................................................... 3‐18 Summary of Natural Resources ..................................................................................... 3‐19 Related Studies and Reports.......................................................................................... 3‐19 Strategies for Action ...................................................................................................... 3‐20 CHAPTER 4: Housing .......................................................................................................4‐1 Relationship to Other Plan Elements............................................................................... 4‐1 Housing Profile................................................................................................................. 4‐2 Structural Characteristics........................................................................................... 4‐2 Household Characteristics ......................................................................................... 4‐7 Occupancy Characteristics......................................................................................... 4‐8 Finanancial Characteristics ...................................................................................... 4‐12 Affordability ............................................................................................................. 4‐16 Residence................................................................................................................. 4‐17 Land Use Implications.................................................................................................... 4‐18 Land Use Links.......................................................................................................... 4‐18 Housing Growth Potential........................................................................................ 4‐18 Current Initiatives .......................................................................................................... 4‐19 Summary of Trends........................................................................................................ 4‐20 Strategies for Action ...................................................................................................... 4‐21 CHAPTER 5: Economy .....................................................................................................5‐1 Relationship to Other Plan Elements............................................................................... 5‐1 Economic Profile .............................................................................................................. 5‐2 Educational Attainment............................................................................................. 5‐2 Employment............................................................................................................... 5‐4 Commuting Patterns.................................................................................................. 5‐8 Income ..................................................................................................................... 5‐10 Economic Opportunities ................................................................................................ 5‐15 Business Attraction and Retention .......................................................................... 5‐15 Outdoor Recreation ................................................................................................. 5‐20 Town & Gown .......................................................................................................... 5‐22 Historic Downtown .................................................................................................. 5‐23 Current Initiatives .......................................................................................................... 5‐24 Summary of Trends........................................................................................................ 5‐25 Related Studies and Reports.......................................................................................... 5‐26 Strategies for Action .....................................................................................................
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