Town Plan 2026 Steering Committee

Town Plan 2026 Steering Committee

Draft of Town Plan 2026 is now ready for review!

The Planning Commission has set the date of November 19, 2025 for its official Public Hearing on our new Town Plan. The Commission has been overseeing the work of the Town Plan Steering Committee for the last year and reviewed the body of the Plan at their October 15th meeting, giving it two thumbs up as an excellent piece of work! The Introduction and the 11 sections of the Plan that the Commission approved for Public Hearing can be found below. Implementation Table, and Appendix of Data and Additional Information will be posted here shortly. 

Link to the Town Plan 2026 Draft ►►►► HERE

The schedule for moving forward to adopt the Plan is as follows: 

• November 4, 2025 - Presentation of the Plan to the Selectboard and the public at a special Selectboard meeting in the Richmond Free Library Community Room. This hybrid event will feature an overview of the Plan, a Q&A / discussion period, and desserts, with coffee and tea. Comments will be noted by the Steering Committee members.
• November 19, 2025 – Planning Commission Public Hearing in the Town Center Meeting Room from 7 -9 pm (hybrid)
• Month of December 2025 - Refinements to Plan based on public comment will be considered by Steering Committee and Planning Commission, and the Plan will be reviewed by the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC), which must approve the Plan for it to be legal
• Early January, 2026 – Selectboard Public Hearing (exact date and location TBD) -  If Selectboard accepts the Plan, it will be placed on the Town Meeting Day warning for a town-wide vote in March 2026
• March 3, 2026 – we hope to have a vote to approve our new Town Plan 2026!

Purpose Statement:

The Richmond Town Plan 2026 Steering Committee will coordinate the development of Richmond’s Town Plan 2026 by engaging with the public, town committees, Planning Commission and Selectboard, and by reviewing and revising the 2018 Town Plan according to public input received as well as new regional and statutory requirements.   Town Plan 2026 must be adopted by November 5, 2026 to remain active, but the goal is to complete the work and put to a town-wide vote on Town Meeting Day in March 2026. Tasks, Structures and Procedures link below as well as a link to the active documents the committee is currently working on.  

Tasks, Structures and Procedures

Steering Committee Google Docs

The Committee meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month at Town Hall at 7pm and can be attended remotely, please see agenda. Questions may be forwarded to Keith Oborne, Director of Planning and Zoning at koborne@ richmondvt.gov or by phone at 802 336-2289.