The process of developing a new master plan – a blueprint for the city’s future development - has begun.
An upbeat group of about 20 officials, planning board members, and residents gathered at city hall Wednesday to kick off the process with consultants Jeffrey Taylor and Steve Whitman of Jeffrey Taylor & Associates.
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