The 2019 Comprehensive Plan Update, branded “Your Future, Your Frankfort,” lays out the vision for the Village through goals and policies, indicating potential partners and resources to help achieve those goals. It considers both local and regional planning challenges and opportunities and determines priorities regarding social vibrancy, sustainability, infrastructure, mobility, economic prosperity, overall quality-of-life, land use and more. In addition to taking a broad, Village-wide approach to future land use planning, the Plan also addresses five key subareas of Frankfort.
Working closely with the Village, Teska Associates led an extensive community engagement effort as part of the planning process. Residents and stakeholders were able to share their ideas via a variety of tools and opportunities, including in-person events, pop-ups, focus groups, and online tools to supplement face-to-face feedback. The Your Future, Your Frankfort project website allowed users to share ideas, map place-based feedback, take quick polls and surveys, and vote on design priorities.
The Downtown Frankfort Residential Design Guidelines were prepared to help guide thoughtful and appropriate rehabilitation, alteration, and where applicable, new development in Downtown Frankfort. They work to protect the character and integrity of the historic downtown within a context-sensitive lens. Knowing that this topic is near and dear to the Frankfort Community, prior to creating the guidelines, Village residents were engaged to share input via a workshop and community-wide survey.
