David Balian

This document is the City of Dover's 2026 Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan Update, aiming to reduce long-term risks to human life and property from identified hazards. The plan focuses on minimizing loss and disruption due to natural, technological, and human-caused events, enhancing public protection through education, and promoting continuous mitigation planning. It also addresses the challenges of climate change as they pertain to increasing hazard risks and seeks to strengthen continuity of essential services. The plan identifies 23 specific hazards across these categories.

This document is the City of Dover CDBG Program's proposed FY27 Action Plan, outlining activities and projects to be funded with Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. It serves as an implementation tool for the broader FY26-FY30 Consolidated Plan. The plan focuses on five key goals: Access to Services, Barrier Removal and Transportation, Affordable Housing, Public Improvements, and Economic Development. Funding is allocated across Public Services, Public Facilities, Economic Development, and Administration categories to address homelessness, housing needs, and economic opportunities for low and moderate-income persons.

This planning document outlines a vision for creating a walk-friendly community in Dover, focusing on pedestrian and transit-oriented wayfinding. It identifies essential elements such as integrated planning, safety-focused street design, enhanced transportation choices, and mixed-use development linked to public spaces. The plan emphasizes the economic and social benefits of a walkable downtown, highlighting strategies like developing a comprehensive wayfinding system and utilizing placemaking to leverage Dover's unique assets, despite existing walkability challenges. The document encourages stakeholders to collaborate in realizing this community vision.

The Dover School District's Strategic Plan aims to empower every student with essential competencies—communication, collaboration, critical thinking, character, and life skills—to ensure success in life and future careers, thereby fostering dynamic global citizens. The plan is structured around five strategic pillars: Academic Knowledge, Well-Being, Equity & Inclusion, Fostering an Innovative Culture for Continuous Improvement, and Team Approach. These pillars focus on ensuring foundational academic skills, supporting mental and physical well-being, providing equitable educational opportunities, implementing continuous improvement processes, and enhancing collaborative teaching and learning through Professional Learning Communities within a Multi-Tiered System of Supports.

This document provides an update on the recommendations of the City of Dover's Master Plan, which serves as its strategic plan. It details the city's long-term direction across critical areas such as community vision (targeting 2035), land use, transportation, natural resource stewardship, climate adaptation, conservation and open space, recreation, and community facilities and utilities. The plan outlines ongoing goals, actions, and progress to guide policy and development, evolving from an initial 2013-2024 framework into a continuous strategic planning process.