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, 324KB)
Anyone having difficulty accessing the comprehensive plan documents should call the Planning Division at 352-334-5022.