The Master Plan Committee of volunteers is gathering input from as many citizens of Marlow as we can in order to write a new Master Plan for the town. This is a state requirement; every ten years each town is to come up with a statement of where it is now, and where it would like to be in the next ten years. This vision has to do with every aspect of town life, from roads, to schools, to businesses, recreation, land use, safety, etc. etc. It will become a document that will guide our Planning Commission, and our Selectmen going forward, and is a requirement for any grant we may wish to apply for as a town.

Our task is to condense the general feeling of the residents into one broad statement that will represent the majority feeling of the residents of Marlow, and to take each area of town life and describe “where we are” and “where we would like to be.” The final report will not necessarily represent the opinions of the Master Plan Committee, but of the residents of Marlow who take the time to come out to our meetings and share!!!

There will be meetings with every stakeholder group in town during the month of September and into early October: all civic organizations, the church, the school, the town officers and selectmen, businesses should be contacted for a meeting time--- and then two open forum meetings will be held to present what we have found thus far and to further discuss and distill the town feelings. The final report should be ready by late January.