Planners unveil long-range Midtown Centennial vision; public engagement and infrastructure studies planned

City planning staff on Jan. 22 gave the Planning and Zoning Commission an overview of Midtown Centennial — a long-range visioning effort to guide redevelopment of roughly 418 acres in the I‑25 corridor — and described next steps including consultant work, an economic/fiscal analysis, sewer‑capacity modeling and expanded community outreach.

“Long range planning allows for the city to cast a long‑term vision for an area,” Senior Planner David King told the commission, explaining the purpose of the exercise and why the city is updating older guidance for the corridor. King said the Midtown concept grew from Centennial Next (the city’s comprehensive plan) and recent Land Development Code amendments and noted that the work does not set immediate land‑use decisions but does create a framework for future regulatory steps.

Senior Planner Jenna Campbell described Civitas’s role in creating an urban‑design framework focused on the public realm — parks, pedestrian connections, multimodal…