Blueprint Denver
Plan adopted in 2002 as a supplement to the Denver Comprehensive Plan 2000
Blueprint Denver: An Integrated Land Use and Transportation Plan calls for a balanced, multi-modal transportation system, land use that accommodates future growth, and open space throughout the city.
- Blueprint Denver: An Integrated Land Use and Transportation Plan (PDF)
- Blueprint Denver Map
- Blueprint Denver Plan Guide (PDF)
There are three basic themes within the plan:
• Areas of change and areas of stability
• Multi-modal streets
• Mixed-use development
Areas of Change and Areas of Stability
Areas of stability include the stable residential neighborhoods where no significant changes in land use are expected over the next twenty years. The goal is to maintain the character of these areas and accommodate some new development and redevelopment that maintains the vitality of the area.
The majority of new development will be directed to areas of change; areas that will benefit from, and thrive on, an infusion of population, economic activity and investment. These areas include the new growth areas of Lowry, Stapleton, the Gateway area, downtown, around transit stations, and along major street and/or transportation corridors.
In 2014, Denver saw a 5 to 1 ratio of private investment in areas of change compared to areas of stability.
Multi-modal Streets
Multi-modal streets are streets that can comfortably accommodate multiple modes of transportation, including
- public transportation
- pedestrians
- bicycles
- private vehicles
Multi-modal streets consider all types of transportation to be equally important and accommodate more trips by more people in the same amount of space by improving transit and providing better pedestrian and bicycle facilities.
Mixed-use Development
Mixed-use development refers to urban places where residential, retail and commercial uses are intertwined, including downtown, corridors such as along main streets, transit-oriented development around rapid transit stations, town centers, and other urban centers.
Blueprint Denver, the city's 2002 integrated land use and transportation plan, is currently undergoing an update as part of Denveright, a community‐driven planning process that challenges Denverites to shape how our community evolves in four key areas: land use, mobility, parks and recreational resources. As part of Denveright and other recent citywide planning efforts, the city will also update its 17-year-old Comprehensive Plan 2000 with a new, user-friendly comprehensive plan that will reflect the voice of Denver today and chart its course for the next two decades.
For more on the Blueprint update, visit DenverGov.org/blueprint
To learn more about Denveright, visit DenverGov.org/denveright
Comprehensive Plan Supplements
Various City departments prepared detailed plans that are adopted by city council as supplements to the Comprehensive Plan 2000:
- 38th & Blake Station Area Plan and Plan Amendments
- 41st & Fox Station Area Plan
- 61st & Pena Station Area Plan
- Alameda Station Area Plan
- Athmar Park Neighborhood Perimeter Plan
- Auraria West Station Area Plan
- Baker Neighborhood Plan
- Barnum/Barnum West Neighborhood Plan
- Bruce Randolph Avenue Plan
- Capitol Hill/Cheesman Park Neighborhood Plan
- Central Park Station Area Plan
- Central Platte Valley Comprehensive Plan Amendment
- Cherry Creek Area Plan
- Cherry Creek Greenway Master Plan
- Civic Center District Plan
- Colorado Boulevard Health Care District Plan
- Colorado Boulevard Plan
- Colorado Station Area Framework Plan
- Congress Park Neighborhood Plan
- Decatur Federal Area Plan
- Denver Union Station Master Plan
- Downtown Area Plan 2007
- Downtown Area Plan Amendment
- East Colfax Plan
- East Montclair/East Colfax Neighborhood Plan
- Elyria Swansea Neighborhood Plan
- Evans Station Area Plan
- Federal Boulevard Corridor Plan
- Gateway Concept Plan
- Globeville Neighborhood Plan
- Golden Triangle Plan
- Highland Neighborhood Plan
- I-25 and Broadway Station Area Plan
- Jefferson Park Neighborhood Plan
- La Alma/Neighborhood Plan
- Louisiana Pearl Station Area Plan
- Lower Downtown Neighborhood Plan
- Lowry Reuse Plan
- Montbello/Green Valley Ranch Neighborhood Plan
- National Western Center Master Plan
- Northeast Downtown Neighborhoods Plan
- Overland Neighborhood Plan
- Park Hill Neighborhood Plan
- River North Plan
- Shattuck Redevelopment District Plan
- Sheridan Station Area Plan
- Stapleton Development Plan
- Sunnyside Neighborhood Plan
- University Park Neighborhood Plan
- Uptown Healthcare District Update
- Uptown Neighborhood Plan
- Valverde Neighborhood Plan
- Villa Park Neighborhood Plan
- Virginia Village Neighborhood Plan
- West Colfax Neighborhood Plan
- West Colfax Plan
- West Washington Park Neighborhood Plan
- Westwood Neighborhood Plan
- Whittier Neighborhood Plan
- 25/70
- 61st & Pena
- 9th & Colorado
- Belleview Station
- Buckley Annex
- Colorado Station
- Decatur-Federal
- Denargo Market
- Denver Connection
- Denver Design District
- Denver Gateway Center at DIA
- Denver Union Station
- Exempla St. Joseph Hospital
- Gates East
- Gateway Park West IV
- Gateway Park West IV - Kittredge East
- Green Valley Ranch
- High Point
- International Business Center at DIA
- Lincoln at Prospect Park
- Lowry Vista
- North Stapleton
- Parkfield
- Prospect Place
- South Sloan's Lake
- South Stapleton
- Stapleton Section 10
- Sunrise Gateway
- Civic Center Planning Assessment
- Cole Planning Report
- Colorado and University Station Multi-Station Plan and Mobility Study
- Curtis Park Neighborhood Assessment
- Downtown Creekfront
- Downtown Multi-Modal Access Plan
- Elyria Swansea Neighborhood Assessment
- Globeville Assessment
- Lincoln Park Neighborhood Assessment
- Mayfair Town Center Assessment
- Overland Neighborhood Assessment
- Platt Park Neighborhood Assessment
- Silver Triangle Urban Design Study
- South Broadway Corridor Study
- South Platte Corridor Study
- Stapleton Perimeter Assessment
- Sunnyside Neighborhood Assessment
- Yale Station Area Study