Comprehensive Planning Case Study

1. According to the Comprehensive Plan, the community values: being “the most livable city on the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains”, preserving its natural setting, the unique character and beauty, and the vast system of open spaces. In the vision statement, it says that the city’s act of preserving its natural setting is the foundation of their Comprehensive Plan. In order to preserve these open spaces, the city has adopted an Open Space Plan, which devotes financial resources to help preserve these open spaces and settings. Environmental considerations have been added to each chapter of the plan, which states how the city can help preserve these places from all aspects of the plan. As well as preserving these open spaces and settings, one of the city’s most important goals is to make the area more livable for everyone. Over the past few decades, Colorado Springs has grown immensely, and will continue to grow much more by 2020. Since the city is very spread out, there is a high reliance on the automobile, which creates segregated neighborhoods. The Comprehensive …show more content…
Being located at the base of Pikes Peak, the natural setting captures a beautiful area that allows for a varied range of areas to live, work, and play. Man’s relationship to the natural world is a very important to the residents living in Colorado Springs. There are also many historic buildings and neighborhoods that bring a unique character to the city, that many people cherish. The streets also play a huge role in the character there; they are designed very well and provide a way to adjoin the city’s public spaces. The character of the community is important to the jurisdiction by providing a basis of what the community wants/needs. The community’s character is highly based upon the natural setting/open spaces, so designing a city for sustainable growth will help maintain its