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About the Housing & Design Initiative
Springfield is updating its Development Code and guiding neighborhood refinement plans to make it easier to build more housing and to comply with recent State laws. The Development Code is our primary tool for implementing local, state, and federal land use, transportation, and environmental laws that apply to Springfield. The City regularly updates the Code to meet new requirements and to better respond to our community’s needs. To be a welcoming community for all people in every phase of life, we need to look at ways to remove barriers to housing development and facilitate a variety of housing options. The Housing + Design Initiative is exploring a range of areas for more housing opportunities in Springfield, including those that have mixed-use or commercial zoning, we’ll refer to these as “districts”. This map shows where they are in Springfield. Please review the map before moving to the next page.

Your input will shape how much or little to update the Development Code and adopted plans, as well as how the City balances priorities such as housing supply and economic development. If you’d like to learn more about the project before taking the survey, visit our project webpage.
 
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