2003 Englewood Comprehensive Plan
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ROADMAP ENGLEWOOD: 2003 Englewood Comprehensive Plan i T A B L E O F CON T E N T S Acknowledgements . iv Foreword . .viii PART I FRAMEWORK Section 1 - Introduction . .1 A New Comprehensive Plan for Englewood . .1 Englewood Past and Present . .2 Community Assets and Challenges . .3 Capitalizing on Assets and Meeting Challenges . .7 The Three R's: Revitalization, Redevelopment, Reinvention . .8 A Policy and Decision Making Guide . .11 Section 2 - Current Conditions and Indicators . .15 Housing . .16 Parks and Open Space . .20 Business and Employment . .26 Transportation . .32 Environmental Quality . .44 Cultural Arts . .51 Section 3 - Vision and Goals - Common Themes . .56 Introduction . .57 The Vision for Englewood . .57 Comprehensive Plan Goals - Common Themes . .68 Quality of Life . .69 Sustainable Development . .70 Community Infrastructure, Networks, and Resources . .72 Regional Cooperation . .74 Roadmap Englewood: 2003 Englewood Comprehensive Plan Englewood, Colorado ii T A B L E O F CON T E N T S PART II COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ELEMENTS Section 4 - Regional Cooperation . .77 Introduction . .78 Goals and Objectives . .79 Open Space . .79 Transportation . .80 Urban Centers . .81 Environmental Quality . .82 Section 5 - Housing . .83 Introduction . .84 Goals and Objectives . .87 Balanced Mix . .87 Quality . .87 Jobs/Housing Balance . .88 Quality of Life . .88 Section 6 - Parks and Open Space . .89 Introduction . .90 Goals and Objectives . .92 Sufficiency . .92 Regional Role . .93 Park Preservation and Development . .93 Natural Resource Preservation . .94 Connections . .95 Planning . .95 Section 7 - Business and Employment . .96 Introduction . .97 Goals and Objectives . .99 Economic Viability . .99 Workforce . .99 Roadmap Englewood: 2003 Englewood Comprehensive Plan Englewood, Colorado iii T A B L E O F CON T E N T S Economic Growth . .99 Infrastructure . .100 Enhancing Value . .100 Section 8 - Transportation . .101 Introduction . .102 Goals and Objectives . .104 Mobility and Accessibility . .104 Environmental Quality . .105 Land Use . .106 Quality of Life . .106 Section 9 - Environmental Quality . .107 Introduction . .108 Goals and Objectives . .110 Environmental Awareness . .110 Partnerships . .111 Community Safety . .111 Recycling . .112 Energy Conservation and Air Quality . .112 Environmental Sustainability . .113 Environmental Preservation . .113 Water Quality . .113 Section 10 - Cultural Arts . .114 Introduction . .115 Goals and Objectives . .117 Quality of Life . .117 Collaboration . .118 Integration . .119 Economic Development . .119 Infrastructure . .120 Appendix . .121 Roadmap Englewood: 2003 Englewood Comprehensive Plan Englewood, Colorado iv ACKNOW L E DG E M E N T S As Englewood celebrates its 100th birthday we can't help but wonder what the next 100 years will bring. Clearly, Englewood has changed significantly over the last one hundred years. From a small settlement Englewood has matured into a commercial, industrial and transportation hub. More recently, there has been a reemergence of the residential neighborhoods and the commercial core. But what about tomorrow? While no one can predict exactly what Englewood's future will be like, the community has taken the first steps to express a collective vision of that future. That future is embodied in the new Comprehensive Plan. This new Comprehensive Plan looks out twenty years and establishes the goals and objectives that will move the community ever closer to that vision. How will the new Plan accomplish that? The new Plan does not paint a precise picture of Englewood's future. Rather, the Plan is a decision-making guide for officials that describes the future in terms of quality of life, sustainable development, community infrastructure, networks, and resources and regional cooperation. Simply put, it allows decision-makers to judge how closely their decisions move the community towards the desired future. Who created the Plan? The Englewood 2003 Comprehensive Plan is the result of the hard work and dedication of many individuals and groups within the community. For their contributions, we thank the following groups and individuals: City Council Beverly J. Bradshaw, Mayor Douglas Garrett, Mayor Pro Tem Julie Grazulis John H. Moore Ann Nabholz Olga Wolosyn Mike Yurchick Roadmap Englewood: 2003 Englewood Comprehensive Plan Englewood, Colorado v AC KNOW L E DG E M E NT S Planning and Zoning Commission Kells Waggoner, Chair Kent Diekmeier Cyndi Kreiger Deborah Lathram Patricia Mueller Ken Parks Donald Roth Dennis Schum Casey Stockwell Carl Welker Chris Willis Alliance for Commerce in Englewood Nick Panetta, Chair Kathy Ashenfelter Marilyn Brenengen Deborah Guinther Jim Rees Steven Schalk Randall Taylor Doug Van Der Zwaag Jon Young Mike Yurchick Cultural Arts Commission Eric Bertoluzzi, Chair Mary Lynn Baird Kate Dulaney Darrel Freeland Janet Moore Donna Schnitzer Maggie Stewart Ray Tomasso Olga Wolosyn Englewood Transportation Advisory Committee David Anderson, Chair Joe Christie Gary Dounay Roadmap Englewood: 2003 Englewood Comprehensive Plan Englewood, Colorado vi AC KNOW L E DG E M E NT S Betty Goosman Barbara Hodge Cinda Losee Keep Englewood Beautiful Commission Samara Ferber, Chair Janet E. Berens Jennifer Bippus David Brereton Jackie Edwards Abby Goldsmith Dean Huffaker Bill McCahill Kent Nicholas Linda Olson Don Roth Business and Employment Committee Colleen Burke Emmett Duemke Jerry Gartner Florence Hurley Deborah Lathram Connie Sanchez Ray Tomasso C. J. Winckler Housing Committee Alan Bird Brent Henry Robert Herberg Cyndi Krieger Pete Langdorf John LeReshe Don May Holly May Shannon McGinty Chris Willis Roadmap Englewood: 2003 Englewood Comprehensive Plan Englewood, Colorado vii AC KNOW L E DG E M E NT S Parks and Open Space Committee Carolyn Armstrong C. Dale Flowers Tara Holmes Gary Hultberg Dave Lee Steve Neyer Casey Stockwell Don Tomasini Mitch Waldman Carl Welker Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce Governmental Affairs Committee Graphic Design and Artwork Errol Beauchamp, Beauchamp Group Pat Dawe, RNL Jim Leggitt, RNL Jana Nelson, RNL Community Development Department Staff Robert Simpson, Director Laurie Dannemiller Nancy Fenton Anthony Fruchtl Janet Grimmett Mark Graham Darren Hollingsworth Jan Johnson Tricia Langon Steve Ozburn Harold Stitt John Voboril Gertrude Welty Roadmap Englewood: 2003 Englewood Comprehensive Plan Englewood, Colorado viii F OR E WORD ROADMAP ENGLEWOOD: 2003 ENGLEWOOD COMPREHENSIVE PLAN The 2003 Englewood Comprehensive Plan can be likened to a roadmap that travelers would refer to in the process of making plans for a trip. A roadmap might help travelers to ponder a number of possible destinations, as well as possible routes that lead to each destination. Once a destination and a route have been chosen, the specifics of timing and important milestones may be determined. Roadmap Englewood citizens, stakeholders, and decision.