Summary The City of Alachua's Strategic Plan for FY 2016 includes Initiative 1.6, which is to develop a long range plan of Alachua's future, identifying growth trends and population statistics.
The desired outcome of this Initiative is to develop a report containing data and analyses related to population projections; demographic, economic and housing characteristics; existing land use and development characteristics; extent of vacant lands and lands with development potential within Future Land Use Map categories; identification of vacancy rates (residential and non-residential); land use needs; and changing conditions affecting the City.
The report addresses the above items as well as targeted growth areas. The report provides generalized findings, which show a potential future development scenario for the City, looking at the City from a big picture perspective in terms of population and socio-economic factors, and focusing in on potential growth areas and how those areas could potentially build out. Reports such as this are based on assumptions which may not always be accurate as economic and other conditions fluctuate. There are many pieces to the future growth puzzle that work in tandem, including market demands, economic factors, transportation impacts and infrastructure availability. |