Comprehensive Plan Encourages Voice of Residents

The Planning Commission hosted the first of two public input open houses for the Williamsburg Community Comprehensive Plan at the borough building last Wednesday, Oct. 26. The purpose of a comprehensive plan is to guide decision making for the community and to recognize items that have impacted the community, such as Rails to Trails.

“The trails and the popularity of the notion of a trail town really kicked this comprehensive plan into high gear,” said Blair County Planning Commission’s Dave McFarland.

McFarland said that future, “more specific” plans are in the works. These pla...