Cromwell's second community plan, a residents' wish list, will soon be developed, now most items on the previous list have been "ticked off".
That first plan was made in 2008 and saw the formation of the Cromwell and Districts Community Trust, a group of residents that drove the plan.
Trust chairwoman Shirley Calvert said about 42 items on that previous list, including redevelopment of the Mall, cleaning up the Dunstan lakefront, investigation of a cycle trail, welcome to Cromwell signs, and many others, had been "ticked off" the list, passed on to the appropriate organisations or investigated.
"We have managed to tick most things off but there are some that don't fit into our box so we nudge people whose job it is to do it.
"If it's council then we go ... and remind them that this is what the community wants.
"There are quite a few that are works in progress ... the lakefront has been a big thing which is ongoing."
The trust organised a community cleanup day last year in which people and community groups dealt with weeds and rubbish around the lakefront.
Ms Calvert said there were plans afoot for another cleanup day later this year.
She said the environment and ambience of the town was "probably what people value the most".
While actioning items on the list was a big part of the trust's job, members spent a lot of time on work such as making submissions to the Central Otago District Council and the Cromwell Community Board on issues related to aspects of the plan.
One of those things, which Ms Calvert said the trust was chipping away at, is the idea of a cycle trail from Cromwell to Clyde.
She said the plan was that it would run down the western bank of Lake Dunstan and meet up with the Otago Central Rail Trail in Clyde.
They made a submission to the Otago Regional Council's annual plan last year but were told to approach other groups to garner support first.
The trust has so far been declined funding from the Cromwell and Vincent community boards for a feasibility study for the trail.
However, Ms Calvert said they were raising funds elsewhere, having already received a private donation of $10,000 - a fifth of the asking price for the feasibility study.
One of their plans that was "ready to go" though, was welcome to Cromwell signs to be placed at the entrance to the town, by the bridge.
She said now the trust had ticked off most items, they felt it was time to develop another plan.
That development begins over the next week with a survey being delivered to Cromwell residents.
Interviews have already been carried out with 80 randomly selected businesses in January this year and youth workshops could follow.
She said the trust was also keen to recruit new members.
It had about 13 people involved and although that was a "workable" number, "we could really do with a few more".
