Shape the Future of Downtown Denver
The
Downtown Denver Partnership and
Denver Civic Ventures are working in partnership with the City and County of Denver to produce the
Denver Downtown Area Plan. The Plan will reflect the community vision for a livable, healthy, economically vibrant and exciting Downtown. The groups invite you to review the the
Downtown Area Final Draft Plan and leave your comments about the work done so far.
By building upon Downtown’s existing natural, cultural, social and physical assets, the plan will provide a foundation for strategic actions that will
shape Downtown’s future development, enhance connections to surrounding neighborhoods and strengthen Downtown’s role as the heart of the region. Both public and private agencies will use the Denver Downtown Area Plan as a benchmark for
decisions that affect the form and function of Downtown, providing a sound policy basis for citywide decision-making.
Based on solid research and analysis, the
Downtown Area Plan will provide an updated vision, goals and recommendations to replace the 1986 Downtown Area Plan. It will synthesize and coordinate the goals of previously adopted plans by incorporating them into a larger vision for Downtown. The plan will be adopted as a
supplement to the Denver Comprehensive Plan.Planning AreaThe study area for the Downtown Area Plan is currently intended to have similar boundaries to the 1986 Downtown Area Plan, which included the following sub-districts:
- The Retail District
- The Financial District
- Civic Center
- Lower Downtown
- Silver Triangle
- Golden Triangle
- Auraria Campus
- Arapahoe Triangle
- Central Platte Valley
- Uptown
The study area is in the process of being refined based on Phase I's existing conditions assessment and stakeholder input. The total study area encompasses approximately 1800 acres (as denoted by the red boundary line in the map above). Please check back to see boundary revisions.
View a list of
final documents to be created in the planning process.