The Town of Matthews, North Carolina is seeking submittals from qualified planning professionals (individual firms or teams of consultants) for a new Comprehensive Plan. The Plan will serve as a regular reference guide for Town staff, officials, and partner organizations as they make decisions for the future of the community.

The Town is interested in firms that are capable of providing professional services including: research and analysis of historic, present, and future land use patterns; limited market analysis; mapping; creative and diverse methods of public engagement and community visioning; development of recommendations for successful plan implementation; and document preparation.

Either in conjunction with or parallel to the comprehensive planning process, the Town would also like to develop a new Downtown Master Plan. The first downtown plan and design guidelines were adopted in the 1990s. Since that time, the Town has updated the Master Plan and completed a Downtown Streetscape Improvement Plan, Downtown Mobility and Parking Study, and a Downtown Streetscape Pattern Book. The new Downtown Master Plan should synthesize the existing documents, develop new design guidelines, and recommend specific implementation strategies.