What We Are Reading Today: Today’s Comprehensive Plan

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Updated 13 June 2026 23:27
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What We Are Reading Today: Today’s Comprehensive Plan

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  • In “Today’s Comprehensive Plan,” John Zeanah builds on his experience leading the Memphis 3.0 Comprehensive Plan to help planners create better outcomes

Author: John Zeanah

How does your community map out a long-term vision for the built environment? Most US cities and counties have long used the comprehensive plan for this purpose.

While the plan was conceived to meet the existential issues of the 20th century, too often today’s plans fail to consider fragmented political and market environments, how implementation occurs, and how plans should adapt over time.

In “Today’s Comprehensive Plan,”  John Zeanah builds on his experience leading the Memphis 3.0 Comprehensive Plan to help planners create better outcomes.