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Planning commission adopts Downtown Columbia strategic plan and approves Downtown Columbia design overlay and guidelines
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to adopt the Downtown Columbia strategic plan as an amendment to the comprehensive plan and approved a new Downtown Columbia overlay and accompanying design guidelines and related UDO amendments to guide development in the downtown study area.
The City of Columbia Planning Commission voted to adopt the Downtown Columbia strategic plan and to create a single Downtown Columbia design overlay with new design guidelines intended to guide future development and public improvements in the downtown study area.
Planning staff described the two-part action as the culmination of a planning process that began in early 2024. Staff said the consultant-led outreach reached more than 1,100 participants through stakeholder roundtables, mobile workshops, public open houses and an online survey. “We heard from over 1,100 folks about this plan,” planning staff told the commission.
The strategic plan lays out six “big ideas” that staff summarized for commissioners:…
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