This document will identify a series of key challenges currently facing the Town of Salisbury. These key issues and related opportunities are essential to understanding and framing the Master Plan and preparing to develop its vision, goals, and strategies for the next ten to twenty years.

The Key Issues report serves as a diagnostic tool, identifying and analyzing the major deficits, challenges, and opportunities facing the Town. By examining these key issues, the Master Plan can provide a stronger foundation for informed decision-making and strategic planning. This Master Plan component often includes input from community members through surveys, public meetings, and stakeholder consultations to ensure a holistic understanding of local needs and priorities. The Key Issues report aims to guide the plan's recommendations and provides a key connection between the vision, goals, and implementation program.

Understanding key issues will help to set Salisbury's goals and priorities for the future.

The analysis of key issues flows out of the inventory and assessment process. The goal of this phase is to understand and bring focus to the Town’s most critical planning issues and needs. Some master plan elements may involve more pressing concerns than others. Sorting out what the priorities should be helps to focus the plan, manage resources, and develop an implementation program that is orderly, focused, and effective.