Comprehensive Plan

Envisioning a community’s future is a powerful event that shapes both the physical environment and the people that reside within it. 

Wheeling Forward 2034, the City’s Comprehensive Plan, will focus on revitalization and reinvestment in public spaces, business districts and neighborhoods. A Comprehensive Plan describes a community vision and the steps to make it a reality. Comprehensive Plans make recommendations that can inform land use regulations and help guide growth and development for up to a 10-year period. This four-part planning process will be the community’s opportunity to shape city-wide priorities for the future. The plan will address the following topics: 

• Youth and Education
• Aging in Place
• Housing
• Arts and Culture
• Community Development
• Labor and Industry
• Land Use
• Transportation
• Resilience

This four-part planning process will be the community’s opportunity to shape city-wide priorities for the future.

-Phase ONE Articulate Our Vision. A shared understanding of the city’s values and clarity about the process to get to the finish line (content linked in the pages below) 

• Public Workshop Presentation
• Community Survey | Google Form
• Asset Map | Proxi
• Phase 01 Summary

-Phase TWO Develop Our Plan. Connections will be drawn from existing initiatives across the public and private organizations into city-wide solutions that leverage everyone’s goals for the greatest impact.

• Public Workshop Presentation
• Phase 02 Summary

-Phase THREE Prioritize Our Strategies. High priority projects will be identified that will support multiple city-wide solutions at one in the community and can leverage new funding and support.

• Public Workshop Flyer
• Public Workshop Presentation
• Public Meeting Results
• Neighborhood Planning Worksheet
• Wheeling Foward Survey

-Phase FOUR Launch Our Plan. A final document will be prepared containing all of the technical information necessary for both the public and municipal partners to implement the community’s vision. 

• Public Comment Draft

MEET THE TEAM | A Commitment to Collaboration 

The city has committed to working together to make significant and sustainable change, working together as an interdependent market that can compete regionally. Our ability to act strategically and collectively with our fellow residents, businesses, and organizations will determine our success.  

We want to thank our steering committee for their support: