Homewood has gone without a comprehensive plan for more than 20 years. But like the city’s form of government — which is transitioning from a mayor-council model to one with a professional city manager — that too is changing.

As Homewood prepares to seat a new mayor and council under its recently adopted council–city manager system, the city is also laying the groundwork for its first strategic comprehensive plan in more than two decades. At the center of that convergence is interim City Manager Glen Adams, tasked with not just crafting a new city budget — but helping define how Homewood will govern, grow and invest for the next generation.

“What this (outgoing) council did is give me the authority to get with the Regional Planning Commission,” Adams said. “We were given a grant, which i

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