The Amherst Master Plan (AMP) needs community-wide participation to be an effective tool to guide development in the town. This interactive website is designed solely for the townspeople and contractors to collaborate and build our master plan. It is not the repository for the final master plan. 

This edition of the master plan is on a business and public/private footing. The town has contracted with the Community Preservation Association to formulate and ultimately publish the plan. Their approach is outlined here:  mp_proposal_-_work_plan. The townspeople are to provide information and guidance to the effort. This cooperative venture will be a journey that can be done well only by your earnest participation.

How To Use This Site

This is your site to provide your knowledge, your experiences, and your opinions to flesh out and guide the AMP.

• The Forum is open to all for free-flowing conversations, meaning anyone can post (write) a topic and reply to a posting, creating a thread of discussion. Text, various files, and photos are permitted.
  
• The other major portion of the site is found under AMP Topics. This section is where major informative documents intended for inclusion in the AMP will go. Persons selected by the Steering Committee and registered on the site will post and edit these documents online.
• Other resources are available; News, Links to other Master Plan sites, Contacts, etc.