Comprehensive Plan Update
The Town of Washburn, Bayfield County Wisconsin is in the process of updating the town comprehensive plan. Visit this page to get updates on this process.
Comprehensive Plan Update Schedule: This is the schedule of meetings when the Committee to update the Comprehensive Plan is meeting. All meetings are open to the public to attend.
Why Is This Important
Why is the Comprehensive Plan important, and why should I care?
As a Town of Washburn citizen, we have the opportunity to live and work in an environment that we have each individually chosen. We either have moved to this area, or we choose to continue to live here. Change is a constant part of life, and as then Town of Washburn changes and develops, we have an opportunity to shape this change in ways that will be beneficial to preserve what drew us to this area, and to improve on what we would like to see in the future.
Change is inevitable, so if we do nothing it will occur, most likely shaped by outside voices and concerns. As with local government, if we do not step forwards to do this, others will make those choices for us.
On a more practical level, the comprehensive plan is used by Town and County officials in making decisions for both short and long range plans. It also meets the requirements of the Wisconsin Comprehensive Law Statute 66.1001.
Community Volunteers
In addition to the regular Plan Commission members, community volunteers are part of the committee to update the comprehensive plan. If you have any input that you would like to send to the committee, or would like to become a community volunteer, contact the plan commission by email plan@townofwashburn.wi.gov.
Terri Bahe
Tom Cogger
Phil Kraus
Charmaine Swan
Dennis Weibel
Documents
Background on Updating the Town's Comprehensive Plan
Town of Washburn Community Survey Results from 2006
June 4 2024 Documents
Introductory Meeting. June 4 2024 minutes
July 8 2024 Documents
Briefing for Plan Commission / Task Force Meeting on July 8, 2024
Rural Character Photos - Town of Washburn\
August 5 2024 Documents
Briefing for Plan Commission / Task Force Meeting on August 5, 2024
Land Ownership Change - Eastern Town of Washburn 1985 to 2024
Town Fragmentation 1985 to 2024
Lake Superior Tributary Streams in Bayfield County
Management Recommendations for Forestry Practices on Wisconsin's Lake Superior Red Clay Plain
Town of Washburn Groundwater Map