Workshops will be open house style, so you may come and go as you please. The focus is on how our Future Land Use Map works and what this means to us as residents. We will host two rounds of workshops, two per district. Refer to the schedules below for location and dates of each round of workshops.
Round One
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Round Two
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What we've been working on
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Community Priorities Framework: This framework will support the city in prioritizing investment based on need and priorities as defined by residents through this engagement process.
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Quick Wins: From the input gathered during our 2024 workshops, we identified what we call 'Quick Wins' or shorter term action items that our city's departments can address within a year timeline. Our 'Quick Win's' approach will be shared publicly on our website, elev8ep.com, with the methodology and input used to inform the approach.
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Land Use: Our next phase for Envision El Paso includes updating the Future Land Use Map (FLUM). Gathering input on initial development ideas and the types of land uses residents want to see in their neighborhoods or places where they gather, prepares us to develop initial updates to the FLUM, which we will share with residents as our phase 2 of engagement.
What is a Comprehensive Plan?
The City of El Paso’s Comprehensive Plan is permitted by the State of Texas as a primary tool to guide long-term growth and change over a 20-year period. It is not a zoning ordinance, but it does help to guide amendments to the code as well as the zoning map.
A Comprehensive Plan can guide a city in budgeting and policy decisions, drafting regulations, and creating two-year Strategic Plans. It looks at the relationships between land uses, infrastructure — such as roads and utilities — and community needs and can affect how and where a community grows over time. It seeks to include broad public engagement from residents across all areas of the city.
What is Envision El Paso?
Envision El Paso is an update to Plan El Paso, the existing comprehensive plan that was adopted in March 2012. The update is needed because much has changed since then, and El Paso is now faced with a new set of challenges and opportunities.
With these key themes — mobility choice, sustainability, affordable housing, economic development, sustainable living, and fiscal responsibility — Envision El Paso will address those challenges and opportunities and advance our community.
How will Envision El Paso Benefit Our Community?
Envision El Paso serves as a road map for El Paso’s future development, guiding decision-making processes and investments to create communities that residents want to live and thrive in. The focus for policy updates include to increase housing options to increase affordability, driving development in areas where it is fiscally responsible and more sustainable, and updating our infrastructure maintenance plan to take care of existing and future infrastructure and facilities.
Current Land Use Map
Zoning Map
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