Imagine Austin Update
Imagine Austin Update
The Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan is Austin’s 30-year plan for our future growth and development. Shaped by ideas and contributions from the community, Imagine Austin is based on our greatest asset: the people of Austin. Imagine Austin provides a roadmap for that guides City decision-making when setting goals and policies.
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The City of Austin has kicked off an update to the City’s comprehensive plan known as Imagine Austin!
Project Overview
What is a Comprehensive Plan?
A comprehensive plan is the long-range plan for a city. Developed with the community, it sets a unified vision for a city's growth and development over a 20-to-50-year time period.
What is Imagine Austin? Why does it exist?
We want Austin to be the most livable city in the country. The Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan is a 30-year growth and development plan created with our community. It guides the City's decision-making to help make sure Austin is well-positioned to be a beacon of sustainability, equity, and economic opportunity.
Imagine Austin provides a roadmap that establishes goals and policies across seven Priority Program areas so we can become a city of complete communities.
Why are we updating Imagine Austin now?
Adopted in 2012, the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan is more than a decade old. A lot has happened since that time. For example, we've:
- Adopted several long-range supporting plans,
- Added more than 11,000 affordable housing units and 230 permanent supportive housing (PSH) units with thousands more in the pipeline,
- Increased safety on our roadways and connectivity among hike and bike trails,
- Passed a voter-approved Project Connect transit program, and
- Changed the City's code to allow more housing options at all income levels, making the city more compact and connected.
- Experienced intense climate change with extreme weather conditions, stressing the need to plan for and protect our most vulnerable community members.
It's time to check in, incorporate our accomplishments, and conduct an equity, sustainability, and resilience assessment to make sure that we are considering everyone's future.