Marquette Community Master Plan

The City of Marquette Community Master Plan is different from other Master Plans due to the restricted budget involved and the primary goal of establishing the Master Plan as a process within the City as opposed to a static planning effort.

Marquette is a community of approximately 25,000 residents and is the largest community in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Unique characteristics of Marquette include difficult topography, extensive shoreline features, and regional prominence. These difficult issues must be addressed in adaptive ways throughout the Master Planning Process.

In addition to addressing traditional Master Plan elements such as demographics, infrastructure needs and housing issues, the plan proposes a series of "Areas of Concern". These areas are crucial planning needs to the City and are set out in a fashion by which they can be addressed through specific planning efforts as funding becomes available. The Master Plan is the coordinating tool for these areas. The prioritization of these areas was determined through public workshops and analysis of existing information.

All final mapping was made available on AutoCad Release 14 in order to ease the updating of the plan and to ensure its existence as a dynamic document for planning endeavors in Marquette.

Other Representative Community Master Plan Projects
Allegan, Michigan
Alpena, Michigan
AuSable Township, Michigan
Belding, Michigan
Canton, Michigan
Durand, Michigan
Essexville, Michigan
Marlette, Michigan
Pleasant Ridge, Michigan
Springfield Township, Ohio