Columbia County invites residents to shape future growth plans
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COLUMBIA COUNTY, Ga. () – On Thursday, Columbia County organized workshops inviting residents to share their vision for the town’s future development.

The workshop was held at the Columbia County Exhibition Center.

The Foundations for the Future Comprehensive Plan will focus on recreation, sustainable growth in the community and more.

They will look for feedback on not only traffic and housing but other things they might not have thought of as well.

Scott Sterling, the Planning Services Division Director for Columbia County, mentioned, “With 165,000 residents offering diverse perspectives, they can significantly contribute to identifying our goals and objectives for the next 5 to 10 years.”

The community planning team for the Comprehensive Plan is Houseal Lavigne and members of the team were in attendance at the workshop.

Co-Founder, John Houseal, said Columbia County has to keep up with the rapid growth that is happening.

Houseal added, “Columbia County is an extraordinary place with its own identity. The challenge is to grow while enhancing what makes the community special. Our comprehensive plan sets the groundwork for achieving this.”

They have already completed survey one with over 500 responses and are now on survey two.

The project will last for about 15 months ending close to February of 2026.

The next phase will be the community reacting to concepts and ideas that are put together based on the public input.

“We might have an open house and we’ll say ‘here are some of the ideas we have for new residential neighborhoods, where do they go; these are our thoughts on how to preserve environmental open space; repairing river corridors; connect these bike routes, what do you think about these ideas,’” Houseal said.

If you wish to have a say in the Comprehensive Plan you can find the link to the survey here.

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