Executive Summary

Westfield’s 2026 comprehensive plan, “Looking to the Horizon,” provides a modern framework for managing the city’s continued growth and development. Building on the previous comprehensive plan from 2007, this updated plan responds to significant community change over the last two decades and incorporates extensive input from residents, stakeholders, elected officials, and city staff. As a policy guide, the plan integrates land use, transportation, utilities, economic development, and quality of life considerations into a cohesive document that will shape Westfield’s physical development and influence public investment in the years to come.

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