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Mountain Area Master Plan

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On November 1, 2022, Steamboat Springs City Council adopted the Mountain Area Master Plan. The adopted plan is part of the City’s long-range community planning framework under the overarching community Comprehensive Plan, the Steamboat Springs Area Community Plan.

The project team that led the effort create a new plan for the Mountain Area relied on feedback and guidance from the public, an Advisory Committee comprised of key Mountain Area stakeholders, the City’s Planning Commission, the Urban Redevelopment Authority Advisory Committee, and City Council throughout the process to develop the plan.

The Mountain Area Master Plan identifies a series of illustrative design concepts for major capital projects intended to help achieve the community’s vision for enhancing identity, mobility, and economic vitality in the Mountain Area. The adopted plan also looks beyond major capital improvements and points to other, smaller-scale improvements as well as potential adjustments or processes to examine, existing codes, policies, and standards. Each of the ideas highlighted will require additional community dialogue and feedback as project-level details are developed – in other words, more opportunities to shape what happens next in the Mountain Area are on the horizon

On November 1, 2022, Steamboat Springs City Council adopted the Mountain Area Master Plan. The adopted plan is part of the City’s long-range community planning framework under the overarching community Comprehensive Plan, the Steamboat Springs Area Community Plan.

The project team that led the effort create a new plan for the Mountain Area relied on feedback and guidance from the public, an Advisory Committee comprised of key Mountain Area stakeholders, the City’s Planning Commission, the Urban Redevelopment Authority Advisory Committee, and City Council throughout the process to develop the plan.

The Mountain Area Master Plan identifies a series of illustrative design concepts for major capital projects intended to help achieve the community’s vision for enhancing identity, mobility, and economic vitality in the Mountain Area. The adopted plan also looks beyond major capital improvements and points to other, smaller-scale improvements as well as potential adjustments or processes to examine, existing codes, policies, and standards. Each of the ideas highlighted will require additional community dialogue and feedback as project-level details are developed – in other words, more opportunities to shape what happens next in the Mountain Area are on the horizon

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  • What we've heard

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    All of the engagement we've done for the Master Plan so far has led us to understand some of the Mountain Area's key issues, and begin to think about how to solve them.

    So, who did we talk to, and what data did we collect to inform these problems and solutions? Take a look at the left column in the graphic below.

    The Advisory Committee has been acting as a sounding board since the project's kick-off, and is made up of representatives from the following organizations and stakeholder groups:

    • Steamboat Springs Public Works + Planning
    • Steamboat Springs Transit
    • City Council
    • Main Street Steamboat
    • Steamboat Creates
    • Ski Corps
    • Yampa Valley Sustainability Council
    • Steamboat Chamber of Commerce
    • Mountain Village Partnership (Mountain Area business owners)
    • Local developers
    • Steamboat Lodging Association

    So, what problems did we discover? And what are some initial ideas for how to fix them? Check out the graphics below and be sure to give us your feedback by taking our survey and sharing it with others!







  • Community Engagement Survey Results

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    Thank you to everyone who took the time to participate in our survey! See the results below.


  • Kicking off a project during a global pandemic

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    What a crazy time to be kicking off a project! Although virtual engagement has been a critical input tool for the past few decades, it hasn’t been the only allowable way to engage the public. The news changes every day – and we’re hopeful that we’ll get to have in-person meetings and interviews soon. But in the meantime, we’re excited to take advantage of folks being stuck at home and scrolling through Facebook to get some input on the identity, mobility and economic vitality of the Steamboat Springs Mountain Area. Be sure to keep checking back to this page for new ways to engage virtually!