Over the past year, the Allegan Township Board and Planning Commission have done extensive work to update the Township Master Plan. This detailed document provides the findings. The text below includes the first paragraphs of the introduction, and the entire document is available for review on the township website. This document has the potential to impact our future, so please take some time to review it and contribute to ongoing discussion.
The 2025 Allegan Township Master Plan represents the culmination of over ten months’ work by numerous residents, stakeholders, and their local government officials. Its contents reflect both the community’s deep concern for celebrating and preserving their Township’s rural character and their commitment to retaining and strengthening the quality of life within. It outlines the preferred future for the community and a master plan to realize it. The Plan is appropriately general, recognizing that planning for the future is a delicate blend of art and science, and that sufficient flexibility will be needed to respond to the challenges of the future.
The Master Plan’s primary purpose is to establish a direction and vision for Allegan Township’s physical development. The Michigan Planning Enabling Act (PA 33 of 2008 as amended) specifically gives a Township Planning Commission the authority and responsibility to prepare and officially adopt a plan. Once prepared, officially adopted and maintained this Plan will serve as an advisory guide for the physical conservation of certain areas and for the development of other areas.
Because of constant change in our social and economic structure and activities, the Master Plan must be maintained through periodic review and revision so that it reflects contemporary trends while maintaining accurate and relevant long-term goals.
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