These are questions that County Executive Andy Spano, the Westchester County Planning Department and the county’s citizen Planning Board have been exploring.  Westchester 2025 expresses their thoughts on important land use policies and sets out a new framework for a planning partnership between the county and its 45 municipalities.  The challenges of confronting global warming also give pause to reflect.  CE Spano's Global Warming Task Force has released its comprehensive, county-wide plan - the Westchester Action Plan for Climate Change and Sustainable Development, 2008 - on what can and must be done in Westchester to meet this worldwide challenge.

Westchester 2025 is designed to assist the county government and its 45 local municipalities to work together and speak with one regional vision, a critical need in the complex New York metropolitan area. Whether you're a planner or a concerned resident, you'll find tools on these Web pages that assist in understanding your community, defining its character and envisioning the future.

The tools include:

·      Overviews of each municipality, 54 downtown centers and 17 corridors with planning opportunities

·      Descriptions of character areas, such as vertical downtown, walkable hamlet and countryside residential, with suggestions on how to protect and enhance   these areas

·       Population, housing, transit and other relevant data