Comprehensive Planning

The city works to ensure orderly growth and to maintain the character and stability of present and future land use and development through comprehensive planning. The comprehensive plan identifies a community's resources and the long range community needs and goals. It provides a process for developing community consensus and for local governments to consider the human, environmental, social, and economic impacts of future commercial and residential land use.

Imagine GNV: The Comprehensive Plan 2035

The City of Gainesville is in the process of evaluating and updating its Comprehensive Plan.

ImagineGNV, the City's Comprehensive Plan update that began in 2020, adds new goals, objectives, and policies that reflect current efforts that aim to make Gainesville a place where everyone can thrive. In November 2025, Planning staff shared the latest draft of ImagineGNV and the associated ImagineGNV Timeline to the City Commission, which can be viewed below.

ImagineGNV Timeline for 2026(PDF, 850KB)

Imagine GNV Draft

Data and Analysis Draft

Community Outreach Events and Public Meetings

Upcoming Meetings and Events
Name	Type	Date	Time	Location
Greater Duval Neighborhood Association	Neighborhood Group - Monthly Meeting	Monday, February 16, 2026	6:30 PM	Clarence R. Kelly Center
Alachua County Labor Coalition (ACLC)	Community Group Meeting - Monthly Meeting	Tuesday, February 24, 2026	6:00 PM	Emmanuel Mennonite Church
City Plan Board Meeting	Public Meeting - Advisory Board to the Commission	Thursday, February 25, 2026	6:30 PM	City Hall Auditorium
City Commission Meeting	Public Meeting - City Commission	Thursday, March 5, 2026	10:00 AM - 10:00 PM	City Hall Auditorium


Past Meetings and Events
Name	Type	Date	Time	Location
General Policy Committee Meeting	Public Meeting - City Commission	Thursday, November 13, 2025	1:00 PM	City Hall Auditorium
City Commission Meeting	Public Meeting - City Commission	Thursday, November 20, 2025	10:00 AM - 10:00 PM	City Hall Auditorium
City Commission Meeting	Public Meeting - City Commission	Thursday, December 4, 2025	10:00 AM - 10:00 PM	City Hall Auditorium
Development Review Board Meeting	Public Meeting - Advisory Board to the Commission	Tuesday, December 9, 2025	6:30 PM	City Hall Auditorium
General Policy Committee Meeting	Public Meeting - City Commission	Thursday, December 11, 2025	6:30 PM	City Hall Auditorium
Celebrating Peace, Connecting Community	Community Event - Tabling	Saturday, December 13, 2025	11:00 AM - 3:00 PM	MLK Center
City Plan Board Meeting	Public Meeting - Advisory Board to the Commission	Thursday, December 18, 2025	6:30 PM	City Hall Auditorium
Historic Preservation Board Meeting	Public Meeting - Advisory Board to the Commission	Tuesday, January 6, 2025	5:30 PM	City Hall Auditorium
University Park Neighborhood Association	Neighborhood Group - Monthly Meeting	Tuesday, January 13, 2026	7:00 PM	Virtual (Zoom)
Porters Neighborhood Association	Neighborhood Group - Monthly Meeting	Thursday, January 15, 2026	6:30 PM	Porters Community Center
Gainesville is for People - Meeting	Community Group Meeting - Discuss Update/Feedback	Monday, January 19, 2026	7:00 PM	Grand Scheme Brewing
Ridgeview Neighborhood Association	Neighborhood Group - Monthly Meeting	Tuesday, January 20, 2026	7:00 PM	Ridgeview Baptist Church
General Policy Committee Meeting	Public Meeting - City Commission	Thursday, January 22, 2026	1:00 PM	City Hall Auditorium
City Plan Board Meeting	Public Meeting - Advisory Board to the Commission	Thursday, January 22, 2026	6:30 PM	City Hall Auditorium
Historic Preservation Board Meeting	Public Meeting - Advisory to the Commission	Tuesday, February 3, 2026	5:30 PM	City Hall Auditorium
Gainesville Neighborhood Voices & Commissioner Chestnut	Workshop and Comprehensive Plan Discussion	Tuesday, February 3, 2026	7:00 PM	Albert Ray Massey Recreation Center
Fifth Avenue Neighborhood and Historical Association	Neighborhood Group - Monthly Meeting	Tuesday, February 10, 2026	6:00 PM	A Quinn Jones Museum
Affordable Housing Advisory Committee	Pubilc Meeting - Advisory Board to the Commission	Tuesday, February 10, 2026	6:00 PM	Thomas Center Building A, Room 105
Golfview Neighborhood Association	Neighborhood Group - Monthly Meeting	Wednesday, February 11, 2026	5:00 PM	Virtual
Gainesville Neighborhood Voices & Commissioner Duncan-Walker	Workshop and Comprehensive Plan Discussion	Wednesday, February 11, 2026	7:00 PM	Eastside Recreation Center

Currently Adopted Comp Plan

Currently Adopted Comprehensive Plan

Anyone having difficulty accessing the comprehensive plan documents should call the Planning Division at 352-334-5022.

Comprehensive Planning

Imagine GNV Draft

Data and Analysis Draft

Community Outreach Events and Public Meetings

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Past Meetings and Events

Currently Adopted Comp Plan

Currently Adopted Comprehensive Plan

Capital Improvements Element

Conservation Element

Cultural Affairs Element

Future Land Use Element

Historic Preservation Element

Housing Element

Intergovernmental Coordination Element

Potable Water/Wastewater Management Element

Property Rights Element

Public Schools Facilities Element

Recreation Element

Solid Waste Element

Stormwater Management Element

Transportation Mobility Element