Far Northwest Area Plan

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Share Your Voice - Create A Vision - Survey Now Open!

Thank you to all that attended the Far Northwest Area Plan Community Kick-off Event on September 24th! Over 170 stakeholders participated in the resource fair, presentation, and small group discussions.  You can continue to share your feedback through out the planning process.  Here are just a few ways to participate:

• Take the online survey
• Share a comment or question with city staff
• Join us at a community event or meeting
• Request a yard sign to display 

Take the Far Northwest Plan Community Opportunities Survey

A neighborhood plan for Berkeley, Regis/Inspiration Point, Sloan's Lake and West Highland  

The Neighborhood Planning Initiative is launching its next neighborhood planning process. Residents, business owners, and other community members in the Far Northwest Area will have the opportunity to help shape the future of their neighborhoods. This effort will help create a shared vision for the future of the area’s land use, housing, transportation, parks, recreation, and social spaces. 

Thank you to all the community members who submitted the advisory committee interest form and who fill out the kick-off survey. Additional ways to get involved will be available in the coming weeks. To hear about them, sign up for email updates. 

How to Get Involved

There will be many opportunities to participate in the plan throughout the planning process, including public meetings and online surveys. Your input will continue to play a key role in shaping the Far Northwest Area Plan. Thank you for your continued involvement in this important community-driven planning effort.

• Sign up for email updates
• Submit a comment or question

• Check this webpage regularly for updated timelines, meeting materials and engagement announcements. 

Far Northwest Area Team

Planning is a collaborative, community-driven process facilitated by city staff with the support of City Council offices, partner agencies and guided by an advisory committee of residents, local businesses, neighborhood groups, community-serving organizations and other constituencies from every neighborhood in the planning area. Click "Community Advisory Committee" above for information on the committee.  

Language and ADA Assistance

Denver’s Department of Community Planning and Development (CPD) complies with applicable federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or gender to include language. It is your right to request oral or written language assistance services in your primary language, sign language interpretation, real-time captioning via CART, or disability-related accommodations, if needed. Please visit our language services page to fill out our language services request form, and these services will be provided free of charge. If you have any questions, contact CPD’s Operations Team at cpdoperations@denvergov.org.

Language and ADA Services at CPD 

Area Information and Resources

The Far Northwest Planning Area is made up of four neighborhoods: Berkeley, Regis/Inspiration Point, Sloan's Lake and West Highland.

Process and Timeline

The Neighborhood Planning Initiative provides a model for area planning that is intentional, equitable and measurable. The planning process is guided by a multi-pronged outreach and communications strategy with an expected timeline of 18 months from kickoff to adoption. For a detailed overview, visit Neighborhood Planning page. For details on how the planning process is being applied in the Far Northwest Area, see below.   

Planning Process Phases

• Identify Opportunities and Gather Community Input
• Confirm Community Priorities and Review Draft Plan
• Refine the Draft Plan
• Legislative Review and Plan Adoption

First Phase: Identify Opportunities and Gather Community Input

Community Advisory Committee

Planning is a collaborative, community-driven process facilitated by city staff with the support of City Council offices, partner agencies and guided by an advisory committee of residents, local businesses, neighborhood groups, community-serving organizations and other constituencies from every neighborhood in the planning area.

The advisory committee for Far Northwest Area Plan is a group of community members who:

• Represent a diverse set of interests
• Meet at key points during the 18-month planning process
• Help spread awareness about the plan and gather input
• Advise city staff on community outreach and feedback 
• Help ensure traditionally underrepresented voices are heard and represented during the planning process and in the final plan

Committee meeting materials are posted below in the Project Archive.  

Project Archive

Information about the planning process, meetings, surveys and other events will be posted here as the project moves forward.

• Far Northwest Advisory Committee Meeting #1 Presentation (PDF, 11MB) - July 30, 2026
• Far Northwest Advisory Committee Meeting #2 Presentation (PDF, 3MB) - Aug. 8, 2026
• Far Northwest Advisory Committee Meeting #3 Presentation(PDF, 4MB) - Aug. 13 2026
• Far Northwest Advisory Committee Meetings #1-3 Notes Summary(PDF, 71KB)

• Community Pulse Survey Results(XLSX, 48KB)
• Far Northwest Existing Conditions Report(PDF, 30MB)
• Far Northwest Draft Opportunities Summary (PDF, 350KB)
• Far Northwest Phase 1 Engagement Summary(PDF, 274KB)

• Far Northwest Area Plan Community Kickoff Presentation(PDF, 5MB) - Sept. 24, 2026
• Far Northwest Area Plan Community Kickoff Presentation (Spanish)(PDF, 5MB) - Sept. 24, 2026