Stewart, along with JM Teague and Stacy Guffey & Associates, worked to create a new comprehensive plan for the Town of Highlands. The Plan envisions a vibrant scenic mountain village and provides recommended solutions for many long-standing and emerging issues. The plan had to balance long-range recommendations that build on decades of stewardship of the built and natural environments with actionable short to medium-term implementation steps to address the most pressing issues on the Highlands plateau. Land use recommendations address how to reinforce the built form and character of Downtown Highlands, support existing neighborhoods and protect natural resources in the surrounding area. Other topics that were addressed include downtown
improvements, short-term rentals, greenways and trails and infrastructure priorities.
Stewart is responsible for the land use, downtown, parks and natural resources, and infrastructure planning as well as project management, public engagement, and document preparation.
The comprehensive plan required the integration and update of strategic recommendations from a number of previous planning efforts. The plan had to balance long-range recommendations that build on decades of stewardship of the built and natural environments with actionable short to medium-term implementation steps to address the most pressing issues on the Highlands plateau.