Wheat Ridge staff present final engagement phase of City Plan — toolkit to guide where streets prioritize movement or 'staying places'

City planning staff and their consultants presented the fourth phase of public engagement on the Wheat Ridge City Plan at the March 3 study session, laying out a decision‑making “toolkit” to guide how the city will apply infrastructure and regulatory tools across different places.

In brief: The team proposed categorizing locations by function — “going places” (prioritizing mobility and through movement) versus “staying places” (prioritizing placemaking, on‑street activity and pedestrian amenities) — and showed how the two toolkits would mix use, form, street and staying/going treatments to shape future investments. Staff said the finished draft plan will recommend near‑, mid‑ and long‑term actions and include implementation steps covering frontage‑improvement pilots, zoning…