Currently, BHI is helping the Town of Cedaredge develop its Master Plan, which will guide decisions, forecast economic development, and inform future decisions. The new plan involves a careful consideration and evaluation of the Town’s economic forecast, the existing land use goals and policies, and the development of a future land use plan. It will address the short- and long-term goals and priorities and contain economic development components that provide realistic growth and development/redevelopment tools.

The plan will address and include the following elements: Growth and Resource Management Strategies, Transportation Needs and Improvements, Open Space, Regional Coordination, Resiliency, Housing, Aging Population, Infrastructure, and Workforce Planning and Development Opportunities.

Funded in part by the State of Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA), the plan will include the following key components: a plan for 3 miles outside municipal boundaries, also known as the 3-mile plan; the identification of risks and vulnerabilities of natural and human-caused hazards and goals, strategies, and/or actions to address these hazards; an assessment of housing needs and affordability issues and the identification of opportunities to address these gaps; the identification of the community’s goals and values related to water supply and quality, either as a stand-alone element or integrated throughout the plan; and updated Intergovernmental agreement(s) (IGA) with neighboring jurisdiction(s) to establish the area outside the municipality’s boundaries subject to a joint review process for development proposals.