This strategic development plan provides the framework and implementation strategy for the land use, urban design, landscape, and community development vision for a new commercial community now called the “Districts at DEN” along the entry corridor as part of the future non-aviation development of Denver International Airport (DEN).

PlanCOS is Colorado Springs’ first new Comprehensive Plan since 2001. This plan, and the efforts behind it, were recognized with Colorado APA’s 2019 Honor Award in the General Planning category. Colorado Springs recently teamed up Aurora and Centennial at the 2019 COAPA Conference to talk about how each of our award winning and innovative comprehensive plans are changing the face of how we create, design and use our plans. This article highlights how we did things differently, and why.