OUR VALLEY | OUR VISION OUR VALLEY | OUR VISION Pocatello Comprehensive Plan 2040 Introduction Open House Online Timeline Community Values Survey Favorite Places Open Houses About Introduction Comprehensive Plan 2040 is a 20-year vision for Pocatello and its people. The Plan will reflect the voice of residents and will be the guiding document for shaping Pocatello's future. The vision and corresponding action-steps provide a common language to connect various City plans, policies and programs to the Community's identified values. Creating a comprehensive plan isn't an overnight task. The Plan will take nearly two-years to complete and will include a wide-variety of community outreach methods and collaboration between City leaders and community members. Visit this website often to find updated information as the community builds the plan. We hope that you will participate in this process! Open House Online If you missed our in person open houses, not to worry! It is now all online! (all except for the refreshments...) This online open house provides you an opportunity to participate in a variety of activities to help guide the vision and future that we as a community would like to see for Pocatello. Click on each button below to access the open house activities: Activity 1: Community Design Activity 2: Area Amenities Activity 3: Funding Options Activity 4: Vision 2040 The online open house will close on December 31, 2021. Timeline Below is a timeline regarding the process of creating a new Comprehensive Plan. February 2021 - May 2021 Foundational Information: Formulate planning and outreach process, inform and coordinate with City departments and advisory committees, create community values survey, present an overview of the process to City Council. June 2021 - October 2021 Community Values: Launch website and media release, outreach at community events and open houses. Engage with focus group and community organizations, encourage participation. November 2021 - March 2022 Community Vision: Collect and analyze survey results and other engagement results, identify common values and vision elements, present results to the public at open house events. April 2022 - October 2022 Plan Development: Goals and strategies to implement vision elements created and refined, Plan document compiled, Plan draft completed, public open house to present final draft. November 2022 - December 2022 Plan Adoption: Formal public hearings before the Planning & Zoning Commission and City Council. Community Values Survey An effective and action-driven community vision begins with identifying what members of the community value and what they believe should be priorities to ensure the future success and vibrancy of Pocatello. This survey is the first step at obtaining input from members of the community on what the foundational values of the Comprehensive Plan should be. This survey is now closed. Stay tuned for survey results. Favorite Places Is there somewhere in Pocatello that you love to go? We want to know! Click below to go to our Pocatello map and follow the instructions to identify your favorite spot and why you like it so much. This activity is now closed. Stay tuned for results. Open Houses The community was invited to the "Our Valley | Our Vision: Comprehensive Plan 2040" Open Houses during September & October of 2021. These events provided an opportunity for community members to participate in a variety of activities to help guide the vision and future that we as a community would like to see for Pocatello. In person open houses were held between 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the following locations/dates: Indian Hills Elementary School - Cafeteria - September 7, 2021 Greenacres Elementary School - Cafeteria - September 9, 2021 Washington Elementary School - Cafeteria - September 14, 2021 Franklin Middle School - Cafeteria - September 21, 2021 Hawthorne Middle School - Cafeteria - October 5, 2021 Pocatello High School - Cafeteria - October 19, 2021 Highland High School - Media Center - October 26, 2021 About What is Our Valley | Our Vision? Our Valley | Our Vision serves two purposes; first, to provide the City with a common planning process focused on citizen engagement and second, to provide the City with a suite of community plans for the future vision of the Portneuf Valley, informed by members of the community. The Comprehensive Plan is the first of these plans. What is Comprehensive Plan 2040? The Comprehensive Plan provides the City and the community goals and strategies to implement the shared community vision that is identified in the Our Valley | Our Vision planning process. This plan is a general, city-wide playbook that provides S.M.A.R.T. goals and strategies, adopted by City Council, that'll help determine what the City's priorities should be. These goals are to be vetted by community members and City department staff. Our Valley | Our Vision Pocatello Comprehensive Plan 2040