Comprehensive Planning off the Beaten Path

"I tend to take the road less traveled. For whatever reason, conventional approaches have never interested me. And the process I came up with for my city’s comp plan was no different. Why? Well, first off, conventionalism leads to….. 'BORING!' (Yell it out like no one can hear you!)"

"San Marcos, Texas, where I serve as development director, is a quaint, progressive community of 50,000 with a university of 32,000 and expectations for Texas-sized creativity. Though tarnished by previous unpopular land use and transportation decisions, we’re best likened to a great grandfather’s old pocket-watch: Potentially good as new when cleaned up well and geared in the right direction."

Lewis goes on to discuss some unusual approaches to comprehensive planning, along with some contemporary tools repackaged as a Texas planning party.