City of Minneapolis 2008 Comprehensive Plan

Welcome to the first-ever Wiki for editing the Minneapolis Comprehensive Plan. This opportunity to actively shape the future land-use policy of Minneapolis is being brought to you by the Minnesota Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

MASLA has generously offered its website to test a Wiki for gathering input on The Minneapolis Plan for Sustainable Growth, the City’s 2008 Comprehensive Plan. This pilot concept is intended for testing by area professionals in MASLA, plus The American Institute of Architects (AIA), the American Planning Association (APA), and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). We have posted the Urban Design chapter of the plan on this website and it is available for editing through February 15, 2008.

This pilot effort is a chance to help shape the future of the City of Minneapolis, and a fresh new way to gather public input. If we can get enough contributors and the input is well-thought out, there is the possibility that we would expand the Wiki formats to other planning forums.

By using the Wiki, anyone can actively edit the language of the Urban Design section of the Comprehensive Plan in real time, from any computer, whether they are in their office, in a coffee shop or home after dinner.

We’re very excited about this. It’s a great alternative to meetings or email and a good complement to the traditional public input processes already in place. We especially appreciate the opportunity to make the Urban Design component of the Plan easily accessible for input by MASLA members and other design professions.

How it works.
Individuals using the Wiki simply follow the link, www.masla.org/mn_resources/MplsComp.htm, go to the bottom of the page and click “Edit.” If you would like to change a section, a sentence, a phrase, just start typing over the old text. The changes are saved for others to see. And someone may come along and change it again. In the end, we hope that the best ideas rise to the top and that the City Planners can look at this and incorporate the suggestions into the final plan.

Best regards,
David Motzenbecker, ASLA
Chair, Minneapolis Planning Commission