Welcome!
This site will show you three regional, draft plans for the Fresno County region's future growth called "Sustainable Communities Strategies". Then it will quickly ask for your opinion of each one through a short series of questions.
If you are short on time (or patience) skip to the Scenarios tab to begin. Your input will be shared with three committees and Fresno Council of Governments' Policy Board who are tasked with selecting one final Preferred Scenario vision for our community from one of the three. Each of the following tabs contains a short video explanation. You are encouraged to watch each brief video before answering the questions under the Reporting Tab.
Optional Background Information:
Who is the Fresno COG: We are an association of local governments that was formed in 1967 by the Fresno County region’s 15 incorporated cities and the County of Fresno. Our focus is on regional transportation planning, funding, issues and projects that go beyond each local agency's jurisdictional boundaries. Each city’s Mayor and the Chair of the Board of Supervisors sit on our Board.
The Regional Transportation Plan: For over a year now we Fresno COG has been working on what is called a Regional Transportation Plan. It looks 25 years into the future, planning for growth and addressing how we may meet our communities’ transportation needs over the coming years.
We have been drafting pieces of the plan for the last year and a half, in partnership with many community stakeholders, the County of Fresno and the cities in our region. We’ve conducted public outreach on all aspects of the plan, most of it virtual over the last year.
An important part of this Regional Transportation Plan is the Sustainable Communities Strategy. This plan looks at ways we may choose to reduce greenhouse gas in our region by considering how transportation and land use effect our environment.
In creating plans to reduce greenhouse gases you also realize other potential benefits such as cleaner air, improvements to public health, preserved farmland, shorter travel times to work, school or errands, to name just a few.
If you are ready to answer the survey now, click Continue.