Comprehensive Plan

The 2018 Comprehensive Plan for Benton seeks to enhance and grow the community.  The plan’s recommended actions are intended to help guide the Town’s leaders in making decisions over the next decade that strive to accomplish that goal.

Specific actions are proposed to help accomplish the vision of Benton as a smart town, with great neighborhoods. For ease of reference, these actions have been organized by four (4) themes:

1. Increase overall communications and coordination to ensure accountability and transparency of municipal operations.
2. Encourage business development and overall economic well-being consistent with Benton’s rural, small town character.
3. Conservation and protection of our natural, historical and archeological resources.
4. Broadening of residential opportunities and commitment to open space and recreational activity.

Five major motivations focused the plan’s direction:

1. Benton’s long passion and commitment to our rural, small town character.
2. Benton’s tradition of fiscal and management prudence.
3. Benton’s desire to move the local economy forward, encouraging business development and expansion to the benefit of all residents.
4. Benton’s commitment to open space and recreational activity, including Town-owned parcels.
5. Recognition that demographics are changing and there is need for broadening of residential opportunities.