Please review the City of Marshall’s Comprehensive Plan Draft!
The full plan and an informational video are now ready for your review. The public review period will be open between November 7 and December 2, 2022. Feedback can be submitted via our online survey here: https://www.research.net/r/MarshallDraftPlan
View the Draft Plan here: Draft Comprehensive Plan
Comprehensive Plan Appendix
About Marshall’s Comprehensive Plan
Marshall is updating our Comprehensive Plan, which helps us guide growth and development over the next twenty years. Please use this website to learn more about the planning process, review plan materials, learn about opportunities to provide feedback, and receive updates throughout the process.
What is a Comprehensive Plan?
A Comprehensive Plan is a guide for our community to help shape our physical, social, and economic growth through 2040. It sets a vision for our city over the next twenty years, and outlines goals and specific action items we can use to achieve these goals.
What does it include?
- Land Use Analysis and Plan for Future Development
The land use plan section will include a review of existing land uses using analysis of existing conditions and will explore future land use opportunities throughout the community.
- Community Facilities and Services Analysis
The community facilities and services section will review existing community facilities and service provisions throughout the community. The analysis will strive to identify gaps in service and identify recommendations for future investments.
- Economic Development Analysis
The economic development section will focus on existing and future economic activities. Analysis will assist the City with identifying opportunities to diversify the economic climate and support local entrepreneurship.
- Public Facilities Analysis
The public facilities section will review existing publicly owned facilities (such as libraries, schools, community centers, and parks) within the community. These facilities are locations that the community identifies with and contributes to the overall quality of life. The analysis of this section will explore gaps in facility offerings and locations, serving as an important tool for the update of the land use plan.
- Cultural and Environmental Development Factors
The cultural and environmental development factors section will review existing resources and policies throughout the community, and will identify existing and future maintenance, preservation, and restoration efforts.
Why update now?
- Respond to changes in demographics and appropriately plan for our projected population changes
- Include and integrate community input on the future of Marshall
- Include recent development and activity within Marshall
- The official mapping, subdivision and zoning actions taken by the city must be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan
When will the plan be completed?
We are scheduled to complete the plan by early 2023, which includes multiple phases and engagement opportunities as shown below:
How do I get involved?
Please save this website! We will consistently be adding plan updates, event information, and feedback opportunities here.
Have questions?
Please contact a project team member for more information, to ask questions, or share your input!
Lauren Deutz - Director of Economic Developmentlauren.deutz@ci.marshall.mn.us
507-337-9013
1996 Comprehensive Plan
Marshall's strong roots and sense of community have helped the City become the prominent regional center in southwestern Minnesota that it is today. At the same time Marshall was establishing itself as a regional center, it has seen the composition of its population change, its buildings grow older, its boundaries become broader, and has had its downtown challenged by highway commercial development on the fringe. The City of Marshall, like all communities, is in a state of continuous change. It is this change and the opportunity that comes with it that make community planning important.
The City of Marshall recognized the importance of citizen involvement and broad participation in its development of this Comprehensive Plan. In preparation of the comprehensive planning process, the City assembled approximately 45 individuals that represented the beginning of the Planning Committee. This involvement came in the form of City leaders, City staff, the Planning Committee, and individuals from the broader community. A detailed account of the comprehensive planning process is included in the Introduction which is included in the attached document.
1996 Comprehensive Plan
City of Marshall 1996 Comprehensive Plan