HWC led a team of planners, landscape architects, urban designers, and engineers to create a new City of Greenwood Comprehensive Plan. Since the last comprehensive planning effort, the City had added almost 15,000 residents and experienced significant commercial and industrial growth. This new Plan establishes a vision for coordinated growth to the east of I-65 while shifting the focus from growth to reinvestment in established areas of the community. Central to this idea is continuing redevelopment and enhancement efforts in the City’s historic Old Town area while also developing specific recommendations for mature commercial areas so they remain vibrant and valuable assets in Greenwood.

The Greenwood Comprehensive Plan includes a new Thoroughfare Plan and trail network maps. Together, these Plan components will ensure that the necessary right-of-way and improvements are dedicated as development and redevelopment projects occur. The Plan also details recommendations for six key focus areas, including concept plans, precedent imagery, and area specific guiding principles.

The planning process was guided by a project steering committee and included significant community outreach through both in-person and online engagement opportunities. This included a project website, online surveys, interactive mapping tool, community workshops and open houses, outreach at the Greenwood Farmers’ Market and a Greenwood High School football game, and workshops with the Greenwood High School Student Council.