Previous Planning Efforts

The following documents will help in identifying critical issues and opportunities common to the Town, its population centers, and surrounding neighbors.

2005 Comprehensive Plan including the Varna Community Development Plan

http://dryden.ny.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Comp-Plan-Full-Final-Print-2005.pdf

http://dryden.ny.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Varna-plan-12-20-12-1.pdf

2018 Agriculture and Farmland Protection Plan

http://dryden.ny.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Dryden-Agriculture-and-Farmland-Protection-Plan-Adopted-March-2018.pdf

2011 Recreation Master Plan

http://dryden.ny.us/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Recreation-Master-Plan_adopted.pdf

2003 Open Space Inventory

http://dryden.ny.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Open-Space-Inventory-2003.pdf

2017 Natural Resources Conservation Plan

http://dryden.ny.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Dryden-NRCP-Final-11-16-2017.pdf

2015 Tompkins County Comprehensive Plan which includes Dryden

http://tompkinscountyny.gov/files2/planning/ComprehensivePlan/FINAL-March%2012-low%20res.pdf

2008 Route 13/366 Corridor Management Plan and the Current Update

http://tompkinscountyny.gov/files2/planning/documents/Route13-366CorridorManagementPlanFinalReportREVIS_001.pdf

2017 Town of Dryden Water and Sewer District Consolidation Study

http://dryden.ny.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Final-Water-and-Sewer-District-Consolidation-Study-2017-03-06.pdf

NY Rural Water Association Source Water Protection Plan (in progress)

https://www.nyruralwater.org/technical-assistance/source-water-protection

NYS Climate Smart Communities program

https://climatesmart.ny.gov/

Other:

Incremental Development Alliance:

https://www.incrementaldevelopment.org/

 Small Developer Seminar

https://ithacavoice.com/2019/04/how-do-you-build-neighborhoods-people-want-to-live-in/

Contact/Comment:

Town of Dryden:

https://dryden.ny.us/