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Arvada launches 18–22 month comprehensive plan update, staff seeks broad community input

Arvada City Council · January 28, 2026
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City staff told council Jan. 27 that Arvada will launch an 18–22 month comprehensive-plan update to guide growth for the next 10–20 years, with a focus on inclusive community engagement, youth outreach and an advisory group; a consultant contract will be brought to council for approval.

City staff on Tuesday kicked off Arvada’s comprehensive-plan update, outlining a roughly 18–22 month effort to set policy guidance for the next 10 to 20 years.

Planning project manager Paul Donegan told the council the update will integrate recent work on transportation and housing and aim to ‘‘build consensus on important issues so that decision makers … can feel confident making decisions’’ when the plan is presented for adoption. He said more than 10,000 people have moved to Arvada since the last major update in 2014, driving the need for a new plan.

Staff described a…

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