Long Range Planning
The Long Range Planning Department is responsible for guiding the City's long range planning efforts and the implementation of the Century Plan, the City's comprehensive plan for future growth and development. The two most recent updates to the Century Plan were the adoption of the Future Land Use Plan and Thoroughfare Plan in May 2002, and the adoption of the Williams Drive Corridor Study in January 2003.
The City of Georgetown is in the process of updating the city's Comprehensive Plan. Targeted for the year 2030, the Comprehensive Plan is a long term outlook for the community consisting of the goals, values and overall vision of the citizens. The Comprehensive Plan is a statement by today's citizens to help plan and grow accordingly for tomorrow's citizens. The update will completely modernize the current comprehensive plan, called the Century Plan, which was adopted in 1988.
The Long Range Planning Department has developed a Geographic Information System (GIS) program as a planning tool for the City. This Department makes GIS data such as aerial photography, city limits, zoning and future land use, available for viewing through this web site. An easy to use program is installed so that you can create your own maps using the City's GIS data. Here's the link to this mapping service: http://georgetown.org/departments/ds/maps/
The Department also provides census and demographic information, in addition to growth and development information to the community for projecting population, building, and development trends and impacts. The 2000 Census Summary Pages for Georgetown and Williamson County may be reached at the links below.