Planapalooza™ was held August 20^th-25^th in Rome! This was provided as an opportunity for you to work directly with friends, family, neighbors, City staff and officials, and a team of talented planners to build a stronger future for the City of Rome and Floyd County. On the first evening of Planapalooza™, the team presented our opening presentation to answer questions and educate attendees on the process ahead.

The first two full days of Planapalooza™ featured topical Focus Meetings, where residents shared their hopes and concerns related to transportation, housing, community character, growth, development, conservation, parks and recreation, downtown, and learned how the code can address these. You can STILL add your ideas about these topics in the Focus Meeting forums below, and are able to watch the Zoom recording of each meeting below as well.  These meetings were held both in person and online via Zoom.

For the entirety of the Planapalooza™, the Team and participating City Staff worked in a temporary design studio at the Courtyard by Marriott Rome Riverwalk. Any citizen, business owner or official who wished to join in and provide comments, suggestions, or simply watch us work, was able to stop by at their own convenience or drop into the open studio Zoom.

On the final evening of Planapalooza™, at the Rome City Auditorium, the Team will presented their findings so far, and discussed how community input had begun to shape the recommendations that will likely be in the updated Unified Land Development Code. The video recording of this presentation is linked below on this page.