2025 Comprehensive Plan Goals Survey

1.Tell us more about yourself:(Required.)

I am a member of the Comp Planning Committee

I am a resident of Springfield, GA

I am resident of Effingham County

Other (please specify)

2.Economic Prosperity:
(select all goals you agree with)(Required.)

Continue to encourage and support social events, art, music, theater, festivals and other live entertainment to make downtown a destination.

Encourage a variety of event types and event locations for our residents and visitors.

Promote a variety of lodging opportunities within the city that will not result in a loss of community character, or become a detriment to the historic downtown, established residential area, environment, or gateway corridors into the city.

Balance the preservation of historic properties while allowing conversion of structures into bed and breakfast businesses in residential areas.

Encourage the use of second floor commercial space in downtown as short term rentable space or rooms.

Improve connectivity between Downtown and Highway 21 Corridor by creating a gateway into the city that will drive traffic and business into the downtown district.

None of these should be goals.

What other Economic Prospertiy Goals do you suggest.

3.Resource Management:
(select all goals you agree with)(Required.)

Take steps to prevent the loss of community character and heritage by providing protection of historic and cultural resources, specifically structures and landmarks in the historic district.

Take steps to prevent the loss of cultural heritage by supporting conservation and education about historical and environmental aspects of Ebenezer Creek and intersecting waterways.

Expand and improve greenspace and parkland by requiring areas to be set aside for active and passive recreation when new development occurs.

Continue to hold high standards for landscaping and buffering to provide additional greenspaces/areas within commercial developments.

Maintain historic district regulations to ensure cohesive infill development in Commercial Downtown

Adopt and implement measures to regulate new construction and renovation of historic residences, especially near the Historic Courthouse.

Support incentives for preservation and reuse of historic structures.

None of these should be goals.

What other Resource Management Goals do you suggest.

5.Local Preparedness:
(select all goals you agree with)(Required.)

Look for opportunity and funding to improve storm water treatment and quality.

Work to say ahead of demand for water and sewer needs by being proactive with capacity.

None of these should be goals

What other Local Preparedness goals do you suggest:

6.Sense of Place:
(select all goals you agree with - use comment section to indicate multiple goals for this question)(Required.)

A. Embrace traditional development patterns that create strong neighborhoods, walkable streets, and efficient delivery of services.

B. Continue to support development that provides connectivity between commercial and residential areas with sidewalks and multiuse trails.

C. Promote and encourage the central downtown where most of the shops and businesses are occupied and operating without losing high quality of life with small-town feel.

D. Support and encourage alternative transportation route connections to downtown to enhance the small town feel and reduce vehicle traffic and need for parking.

None of these should be goals.

What other Sense of Place goals do you suggest:

7.Regional Cooperation:
(select all goals you agree with)(Required.)

Coordinate with the County on Highway 21 Bypass design guidelines for cohesive and convenient development of the commercial corridor.

Support efforts to provide access to and preservation of Ebenezer Greenway both in the City of Springfield and unincorporated Effingham County.

Support a possible pedestrian and/or alternative transportation extension to Guyton.

None of these should be goals.

What other Regional Cooperation Goals do you suggest?

8.Housing:
(select all goals you agree with)(Required.)

Support opportunities for affordable housing and promotion of home ownership.

Support opportunities for higher density developments near commercial corridors, such as Hwy 21 Bypass south of Laurel Street.

Support development that offers a variety of housing options.

Support development of higher end housing with larger than minimum lots sizes, especially in areas near wetlands to minimize potential environmental disturbances.

Look for opportunities to promote townhomes and mixed use development between commercial and residential areas.

Promote and incentivize roadway, sidewalk, and multiuse trail connections between uses.

None of these should be goals.

What other Housing Goals do you suggest?

9.Transportation:
(select all goals you agree with)(Required.)

Continue to expand multi-use trails, walkable streets, and connectivity between new communities, commercial developments and recreation areas.

Promote the increased use of golf carts and other alternative modes of transportation.

Promote and expand Ebenezer Creek Biking and Walking Trails

Support Highway 119 Georgia Bike Route.

Implement measures identified in master plan for traffic lights, sidewalks and general connectivity.

Promote ways to provide connections to the Springfield Ebenezer Greenway.

None of these should be goals.

What other Transportation goals do you suggest.

10.Education:
(select all goals you agree with)(Required.)

Support Downtown Development Authority efforts to provide access to and awareness of professional and business development education for local businesses.

None of these should be goals

What other Education goals do you suggest?

2025 Comprehensive Plan Goals

Review of 2025 Comprehensive Plan update Goals