Article: SHAPING SUFFOLK'S FUTURE ``COMMUNITY VISIONING'' MEETINGS WILL LET CITIZENS HAVE A VOICE IN HOW THEIR CITY GROWS.(SUFFOLK SUN)

Byline: TERRI WILLIAMS, STAFF WRITER

SUFFOLK -- WITH A NEW Suffolk on the horizon, the city's Planning Department is bracing for unparalleled growth.

But this time, citizens will have a say in how their city grows.

Beginning in February or March, Suffolk will embark on a series of ``community visioning'' meetings across the city - in Whaleyville, Holland, the core city, Chuckatuck and North Suffolk. Citizens - not city officials alone - will visualize how they want Suffolk to look in the future, and their input will help shape a revised Comprehensive Land Use Plan.

The plan is the blueprint of the future Suffolk, said Paul E. Fisher, the Planning Department's ...

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