2025 - 2045 Comprehensive Plan Update

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Washington State's Growth Management Act (GMA) [Chapter 36.70A Revised Code of Washington (RCW)] requires many cities and counties review and update their Comprehensive Plans (Plan) every ten years to ensure they are up-to-date and remain relevant.  

The next update to Mount Vernon's Comprehensive Plan is currently due at the end of 2025. The 2025 Update will plan for population and employment growth from 2025 to 2045.

**Check back soon because this page will be updated often through this process**

  1. Get Involved
  2. events & meetings
  3. draft documents
  4. PUBLIC COMMENTS
  5. PLANNING RESOURCES

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This Comprehensive Plan update is the City's "road map" for future growth over the next 20 years (2025 - 2045). Community input is vital in this process. Policy decisions will be made impacting your City. 

HOW TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS

There will be many opportunities for the public to be involved in this process.  Let us know if you would like to be put on a notification list of meetings and/or hearings (click HERE and email us your name and contact information, e.g. address, phone number, email address).

SCHEDULE

An Updated Schedule will be Provided Soon

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN

  • In December 2024 an initial Public Participation Plan was adopted by the City Council - click HERE to download   
  • In June 2025 City Council approved an amended Comprehensive Plan Schedule with the purpose of adopting Comprehensive Plan amendments and development regulations to allow and encourage missing middle, affordable, shelter, transition, emergency and permanent supportive housing.  City staff are working on updates to the initial (December 2024) Public Participation Plan to ensure the public is provided with early, ongoing, and meaningful ways to be involved with this Comprehensive Plan update.