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The City of Smithville's Resilient Community Comprehensive Plan creates a strategic framework guiding the city’s growth and development, enhancing its ability to withstand and recover from challenges over the next 20 years.

Smithville is a historic town nestled along the banks of the Colorado River in Bastrop County. Known for its welcoming atmosphere and striking natural beauty, the city’s downtown district boasts carefully preserved architecture that offers a window into its past. 

Community resiliency in Smithville refers to the ability of the community to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from significant adverse events, particularly natural hazards.

Smithville has an important opportunity to proactively guide future growth to ensure it benefits the community. With growth expanding in the Central Texas region, now is the time to establish strong development standards to maintain local control.

Integrating land use principles into transportation planning plays a pivotal role in enhancing community resilience by directing development away from hazard-prone areas and minimizing risk. It is essential for transportation networks and critical infrastructures to be robustly constructed to endure various hazards, ensuring they function during crises.

The focus is on affordability, renovations, and new construction to sustain Smithville’s housing market.

This chapter outlines Smithville's critical infrastructure and recreational assets, emphasizing their role in community resilience, safety, and quality of life. It details 13 types of critical facilities supporting emergency response, healthcare, utilities, education, and governance, highlighting strategic placement and interdependencies that affect resilience planning

Community infrastructure policies significantly influence land use and development, playing a key role in building resilience against hazards. By limiting public facilities expansion in vulnerable areas and protecting critical infrastructure, communities can enhance their safeguard against risks.

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The Smithville 2025-2045 Capital Improvements Plan provides a strategic framework for critical infrastructure investments over the next two decades. Balancing immediate needs with long-term sustainability, this plan prioritizes projects that address aging systems, enhance community resilience, and support economic growth. Developed collaboratively with stakeholders, this fiscally responsible roadmap will guide Smithville's infrastructure development to ensure a vibrant, well-functioning community for future generations. This document represents our current vision and priorities, with final adjustments to be incorporated as the comprehensive planning process is completed.