The Ferndale Master Plan 2017 is an update of the City of Ferndale’s Master Plan, acomprehensive and citizen-driven effort to plan for Ferndale’s future with a common vision and aset of actions. While Ferndale has long been at the forefront of progressive urban development,events and trends over the past several decades have prompted the City to think about planningand development in an even more enlightened, creative, and responsible way. The planningprocess began in the spring of 2015, and over the next year and a half, residents and otherstakeholders shared their thoughts on how Ferndale should move forward beyond the next fiveto ten years. Public input combined with analyses of current, historic, and future conditions inFerndale, forms the vision for the city’s future and the basis for the recommendations in the plan.