Rapid City Comprehensive Plan Update
Rapid City Comprehensive Plan Update
Welcome to the Rapid City Comprehensive Plan website! Over the next two years, this website will serve as the home base for online participation, important information, and project updates. Our tools and pages will be updated as we move through this process, so check in often, register your email for updates, and share this site with your community!
Become the Expert
Rapid City is in the process of updating its 2014 Comprehensive Plan. This document will guide the City’s development and decision-making at all levels while incorporating existing studies, sub-plans, and community input!
What is a Comprehensive Plan?
A Comprehensive Plan is the primary planning document for the community. It will serve as a long-term strategic plan with a guiding vision built by the community and strategies to support that vision. Once adopted, the Rapid City Comprehensive Plan will shape decisions related to new development, redevelopment, and City programs and services; focusing on enhancing the City’s values and high quality of life.
Why does it matter to residents?
The plan will identify unique community characteristics and locations for future housing, parks, trails, community facilities, and more.
Why does it matter to business and property owners?
The plan will include land use recommendations and development policies.
Why does it matter to City leaders?
The plan will provide direction on the topics of development, policies, programs, and services provided by the City.
Why does it matter to decision-makers?
The plan will give guidance on budget, timing for capital improvements, and review of development proposals.
Why update the Plan?
Rapid City has experienced many changes since the adoption of the 2014 Comprehensive Plan. Given these changes, it is time to update the existing Comprehensive Plan to reevaluate the attributes and characteristics of the City that residents, businesses, and visitors value most.
Map of Rapid City
Questionnaire #1!
Help determine what elements of Rapid City are the most important to protect and where the biggest opportunities for change are!
Calling all Rapid City Community Members!
What Makes Rapid City Special to YOU?
Rapid Gets Creative welcomes all art forms, skill levels, and community members to use creativity to elevate the Rapid City Comprehensive Plan! You can submit a story, painting, dance, poem, drawing—anything that feels like the most authentic way you express yourself and conveys the message “What do you love most about Rapid City?” and “What makes Rapid City special?”.
Rapid Gets Creative Arts Showcase Submission Link
The Idea
COMMUNITY GENERATED IDEAS
This initial phase sets the foundation for Rapid City’s Comprehensive Plan update by hosting conversations with the community and inviting them to infuse their creativity into the beginning stages of the project.
Concept
VISION AND VALUES
Building on what we heard from the community in Phase One, Phase Two is about diving deeper into some opportunities and issues that the city is facing, and starting to define a vision for the future.
Storyboard
TRENDS AND OPPORTUNITIES
This stage is to learn about trends that are facing the City and what opportunities can arise to help Rapid City accomplish the goals of the community.
Promotion
GOALS AND LAND USE
This fourth event series will focus on locational opportunities and strategies, specific to neighborhoods and areas of the City. This phase looks at how land can be better used in the future, and how areas of the city can look and feel.
Screening
DRAFT PLAN METRICS
This fourth event series will focus on presenting and reviewing key elements in the Draft Plan (e.g. chapter sections, the future land use map, implementation framework, etc.).
The Premiere
PLAN ADOPTION AND CELEBRATION
This final series will focus on celebrating the hard work that the community has put into this plan and the adoption process. There will be final presentations that the public are welcome to attend and a Pilot Project Celebratory Event.
Documents
Who is leading this project?
The Rapid City Comprehensive Plan Update is a joint effort between Rapid City and the community! Logan Simpson is a consulting firm that will be assisting the City in facilitating public engagement, drafting the Plan, and managing this website!
For more information on the project and its purpose, visit the Learn More page!