Overview: The Newport Planning Commission meeting on February 10th centered on the challenges posed by the Met Council’s Imagine 2050 policy plans, which project a population growth to 6,000 residents by 2050 and require the city to build 169 affordable housing units. The commission discussed how to incorporate these projections into Newport’s comprehensive plan update, due by June 2028, and debated the city’s suburban designation, which mandates increased residential density in redevelopment areas.