“…further growth is far more likely to be the problem than the solution for today’s communities. Urban growth is not something to be sought after like a prize or a blessing. Instead, it is more like a parasite that saps the strength and will of our communities…”

From “Better, Not Bigger – How to Take Control of Urban Growth and Improve Your Community”
by Eben Fordor

The General Plan:

Blueprint of our future Newport Beach

The General Plan Update community feedback phase officially kicked off at the Listen & Learn Community Fair on October 26, 2019.  And now the city and its GPU steering committee and its consultants have set up a schedule of neighborhood workshops over the course of the next few weeks.

These workshops are conveniently located in each city council district and will provide a “General Plan 101” overview and then solicit residents’ opinions and concerns about the design and character of our city of the future.

We encourage everyone to attend one or more of these workshops to listen, learn and share your thoughts about the future of our town.  We will plan to see you there!

General Plan Listen & Learn Workshop Schedule – As of November 6, 2019
These locations are especially convenient for residents within each council district.  But all residents are welcome to attend any or all of the following workshops:

• November 12, 6 – 8 p.m. at 16^th Street Recreation Center – District 2
• November 14, 6 – 8 p.m. Back Bay Science Center – District 3
• November 20, 6 – 8 p.m. Newport Coast Community Center – District 7
• November 21, 6 – 8 p.m. OASIS Senior Center – District 6
• December 3, 6 – 8 p.m. Central Library’s Friend Meeting Room – District 5
• December 11, 6 – 8 p.m. Bonita Creek Community Center – District 4
• December 12, 6 – 8 p.m. Marina Park Community Center – District 1

General Plan Update Resources

Still Protecting our Newport: General Plan Update

General Plan Update Website: NewportTogether.com

City of Newport Beach: General Plan Update

Our Goal:

Effect Positive Change Together

Preserving our beautiful town and residents’ right to participate in that endeavor has been our focus and yours since the last General Plan Update in 2006.

It was not until 2014, when Measure Y proposed a major expansion of Newport Center, that we saw the need to form a standing Political Action Committee to carry out SPON’s mission of preserving and protecting the residential and environmental qualities of Newport Beach.  What began as the No on Y Committee became Line in the Sand PAC (LITS).

Shortly after it was formed, LITS had to mobilize against a plan to build the Museum House condo tower in Newport Center. We gathered 14,000 signatures on a referendum petition in just 14 days as the Christmas holidays approached. This was a huge success and firmly established us as a force to be reckoned with.

Our belief, shared by more and more communities and experts, is that continued, piecemeal growth of density, mass and height is unwanted and undesirable.

It takes a village to save a village . . . and time and again we have helped each other succeed in doing just that.

This Needs to Change
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