REGIONAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN
TCRPC is actively working on the latest update to the Regional Growth Management Plan (RGMP 2050), which will serve as the foundation of our regional planning program.
Staff completed our initial outreach efforts this summer, gathering input from residents across the region as well as meeting with key stakeholders from a variety of planning sectors.
The information we gathered through the public engagement process provides essential insight into the vision people living and working in our region have for the future, and into the most pressing issues our region faces as we look ahead to the coming decades.
TCRPC staff most recently completed a land suitability analysis of our region, evaluating all developable land across our two counties based on a wide set of land use criteria, including: existing land use; proximity to development; access to services like water/sewer, EMS, recreation, and community facilities; flood risk; conservation areas; and connections to roads and alternate transportation opportunities.
Below is an image of this analysis depicting potential developable areas across the region.
As we move forward through the land use analysis and future land use planning process, we will apply the priorities and key concerns identified during the outreach phase to develop potential future growth scenarios.
2040 UPDATE:
Adopted in September 2017, the 2040 Update of the Regional Growth Management Plan (RGMP) focused on incorporating expanded public and stakeholder outreach and providing additional land development pattern analysis.
Outreach was conducted through various public events, stakeholder meetings and steering committee input, resulting in six identified Regional Issues. Scenario planning analysis was utilized to examine how projected land needs could be accommodated while also addressing the Regional Issues.
ABOUT:
TCRPC's Regional Growth Management Plan (RGMP) is at the forefront of our mission to provide planning, technical and financial assistance at the county and municipal levels.
As the foundation for county comprehensive plans, regional transportation plans and other planning updates, the RGMP promotes community growth and revitalization through programs that prioritize intelligent land use, transportation, environmental and economic development decisions.
Just some of the RGMP's benefits to the region's quality of life include lower taxes, lower energy costs, more transportation options, improvements to existing infrastructure, more parks and open spaces, improved access to local food, and better health for all.
As envisioned by TCRPC, regional planning isn't a substitute for local, county, state and federal planning, but rather a supplement to it. Therefore, as economic, social and physical changes occur in the region, the RGMP must be reviewed, reevaluated and amended periodically.
DIRECTION:
The RGMP will serve as a guide for coordinating comprehensive planning among the municipalities, counties and regional planning agency within the Tri-County area.
This plan is a working document that will serve as the foundation for future county comprehensive plans, regional transportation plans and other plan updates.
Implementation of this plan will be through the municipal planning process and coordination among different agencies. This plan will be a reference for the Region in developing future development goals and strategies.
The RGMP is designed to encourage inter-jurisdictional cooperation of ongoing planning for land use, transportation, economic and cultural development and to revise physical growth policies to the year 2040 for Dauphin and Perry Counties.
OBJECTIVES:
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Preparing and maintaining a coordinated and uniform data collection and analysis that provide on a continuous basis; summary data on population, land use, natural resources, public services and utilities of the region;
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Promoting cooperation among regional, county and local planning activities;
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Promoting a better understanding of the interrelationships between land use and transportation, public utilities, services and of factors influencing physical growth and development within the region;
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Increase awareness of the effects individual local community plans have on the development of surrounding communities;
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Reinvigorating formal and informal mechanisms for continuous public participation and public involvement within TCRPC's planning program.
RESOURCES:
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"Life in the Capital Region: 2014 Assessment of Our Community" - United Way of the Capital Region