DENVER — The City of Denver has updated a nearly 20-year-old plan in hopes of reimagining downtown.
A lot has changed in downtown Denver since 2007 — the last time city officials updated the Downtown Area Plan. Nearly two decades later, the Downtown Denver Partnership and other city leaders gathered together to kick off planning for the future of downtown Denver.
Denver Downtown Area Plan Over the next 10 to 12 months, city officials will survey the community to reset priorities for downtown and craft a plan for the next 20 years.
“We want to be able to vet some of the ideas that are already out there, see if ones kind of bubble to the top,” said David Gaspers, principal city planner for the City and County of Denver.
Interactive posters with themes like a green downtown, a connected downtown, and a prosperous downtown gave those stopping by the plaza on Wednesday a chance to leave their thoughts on the future of open space, transportation and business.
“I think there’s a lot of really good things about downtown,” said Jacob Wooden, who works downtown. “Things that I’m really concerned about with downtown are accessibility to other parts of Denver through public transit, more housing downtown.”