OUR GOALS
Preserve the City of Johnstown’s small town quality of life featuring safe residential neighborhoods and a cooperative community spirit.
Preserve the City of Johnstown’s small town quality of life featuring safe residential neighborhoods and a cooperative community spirit.
- Identify, promote and strengthen the City’s Central Business District to ensure it retains its stature as the center of activity in the City of Johnstown.
- Develop a new Center City Park as the centerpiece of a comprehensive system of parks, open spaces and trails to meet the community’s diverse recreational needs and protect its natural beauty and resources.
- Protect, preserve and promote the City’s rich history and heritage.
- Promote a variety of affordable housing choices to meet the different needs that currently exist and future needs as the community’s population ages.
- Diversify and strengthen the City’s economy by attracting new, clean businesses to the City and providing a healthy business climate to encourage existing businesses to grow and expand.
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CITY DEVELOPMENT / COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
A Comprehensive Plan identifies the goals, objectives, principles, guidelines, policies, and standards for the immediate and long-term protection, enhancement, growth and development of a city. Section 28-a of the General City Law authorizes cities to prepare and adopt a Comprehensive Plan. Below are brief summaries to each chapter of our Comprehensive Plan. 
Central Business District – Main Street looking East
Introduction: Gives background information about how much the city has changed in the last 45 years and a quick synopsis of how the Comprehensive Plan was created and the individuals who contributed to its making.
The Vision: Describes the City’s vision for the future and goals that should be achieved to help us reach that vision. City Profile: Shows the City’s changing population trends as well as trends in housing and the ages of our residents.
Historic Preservation: Summarizes our rich history and showcases historically significant buildings and sites within the city. Recommendations are given to enhance interest in and utilization of these assets. Parks, Recreation and Open Space: Gives background information on public interest in parks and open spaces, inventory of existing parks, and recommendations/plans for future parks and recreation hot spots.
Housing: Housing Census Data for the City, a summary of programs that have provided housing assistance and recommendations for the City to potentially expand its housing stock.
Central Business District: Gives background information and boundary points of the Central Business District and also makes recommendation to city officials, residents and business owners on how to create a vibrant and bustling downtown. Economy: Discusses various economic, commercial and industrial developments and makes recommendations on how the city can utilize our assets in those specific areas. Transportation: Summarizes the cities current street assets in terms of local streets, collector streets and arterials and discusses the changing patterns on how residents access certain areas of the city. Land Use Plan: Represents the cities vision of how it wishes to look in the future. This plan brings together the various components of the Comprehensive Plan. View it here! Periodic Review of Comprehensive Plan: Dictates that the Comprehensive Plan is to be reviewed annually by the Planning Board and if updates are necessary make recommendations to the Common Council to do so. |
Interested in Developing in our City?
The City of Johnstown is located in scenic upstate New York, in Fulton County – Land of 44 lakes! Johnstown is close to many major cities and attractions in upstate New York:
We are currently home to TWO Industrial Parks, a growing historic downtown, and a main arterial which houses two main shopping plazas, numerous storefronts and successful businesses. Below is a list of informational resources to help get you started here in the City of Johnstown:
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