Community-Driven Plan
PlanCheyenne was a Community-Driven ProcessPlanCheyenne: A People’s Plan
PlanCheyenne is intended to be a “people’s plan.” The community had extensive public participation to achieve this aim. To find out what directions our community wanted to take, planners went straight to the best source—the public.
Cheyenne Steering Committee and public creating Shape Cheyenne.
Who Participated in ShapeCheyenne?
In keeping with the Vision2020 grass roots, public effort, the Cheyenne community and plan advisory committees participated throughout the planning process to create PlanCheyenne. In addition to two charrettes in December 2004 and January 2005, where over 30 committee members attended and 45 members of the public participated at each event, the planning process involved on-going Technical and Steering Committee meetings every few months.
And, For Those Who Could not Attend… Newspaper Coverage…
The Wyoming Tribune-Eagle newspaper printed information about the process and policy choices, and it solicited comments from readers. It also advertised upcoming meetings and events.
Striving for Authenticity, Quality, and Character
We started with our community’s goals to strive for authenticity, quality, and character in both urban form and new development. While a tip of the hat to the historic architecture can help our community establish and hold on to its roots, we cannot manufacture design to imitate times of the past. Good and authentic design also should reflect the following principles:
To guide development toward a common direction, the community first looked around the Cheyenne area to determine what characteristics are most important. Communities today often compromise their unique personalities as new development brings in influences from other regions. The Cheyenne community is proud of its heritage and does not want this to happen here.
The Community-Defined Vision2020
In 2002, the Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce launched Vision 2020, a community-driven visioning process. Vision 2020 states that Cheyenne is:
…poised to become the northern anchor for the booming Front Range economy, and a complete community that attracts people because of its quality of life. A stable growth rate makes today the best time to make the community’s vision a reality and plan for an attractive and vibrant community with a range of choices and cost-effective growth.
In keeping with the Vision2020 grass roots, public effort, the Cheyenne community and plan advisory committees participated throughout the planning process to create PlanCheyenne. In addition to two charrettes in December 2004 and January 2005, where over 30 committee members attended and 45 members of the public participated at each event, the planning process involved on-going Technical and Steering Committee meetings every few months.
And, For Those Who Could not Attend… Newspaper Coverage…
The Wyoming Tribune-Eagle newspaper printed information about the process and policy choices, and it solicited comments from readers. It also advertised upcoming meetings and events.
Striving for Authenticity, Quality, and Character
We started with our community’s goals to strive for authenticity, quality, and character in both urban form and new development. While a tip of the hat to the historic architecture can help our community establish and hold on to its roots, we cannot manufacture design to imitate times of the past. Good and authentic design also should reflect the following principles:
- Embody the best design for health, comfort, and safety;
- Integrate regionally appropriate styles by using local materials and responding to local topography, vegetation, and climate; and
- Support modern technologies and lifestyles.
To guide development toward a common direction, the community first looked around the Cheyenne area to determine what characteristics are most important. Communities today often compromise their unique personalities as new development brings in influences from other regions. The Cheyenne community is proud of its heritage and does not want this to happen here.
The Community-Defined Vision2020
In 2002, the Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce launched Vision 2020, a community-driven visioning process. Vision 2020 states that Cheyenne is:
…poised to become the northern anchor for the booming Front Range economy, and a complete community that attracts people because of its quality of life. A stable growth rate makes today the best time to make the community’s vision a reality and plan for an attractive and vibrant community with a range of choices and cost-effective growth.