"Change is everywhere and yet there is no change. The streams still flow, the rose-colored clouds still drift in the blue sky, white mists rise from the meadows. All is as it was. Old names of families who settled the town remain as if no generations had intervened.
New names are coming in, replenishing where the old have disappeared. Fresh streams of energy and purpose pour in. People from distant cities settle here for their own vigourous or tranquil work. New homes are started upon the old. The torch passes from one to another. And so is justified at the end of a century and a half the vision of Sutton's fathers who amid hardships and all of Nature's opposition, incorporated this town." (From a Narrative History of Sutton).
In 2003, the Sutton Planning Board contracted with the Central New Hampshire Reginal Planning Commission to assist them in completing the 2005 Master Plan. On July 27, 2004, the Sutton Planning Board hosted a public information session for residents and land owners to learn more about the Master Plan and provide feedback. Each Chapter of the Master Plan was created by a Subcommittee, meetings of which were open to any resident, landowner, or business owner in Sutton. Once all the Chapters were completed and preliminarily adopted, the Planning Board held a final public hearing on Mach 25, 2005 before they adopted the entire Master Plan.
The Master Plan is an advisory document that outlines the kind of town Sutton is now and the kind of town the residents would like it to be, keeping in mind its importance as a community in central New Hampshire. It describes us today, forecasts our shared vision and defines what we need to do over the next several years.
Most importantly, we can see what we can achieve and, by committing it to paper for the world to see, what our plan is for the future. It is to be a livign document helping us to focus on the important issues of our times. We need each and every community member's efforts to bring life to this document, to make this a reality.
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