LONE TREE, CO— On a brisk January evening, the Lone Tree community came together at the Lone Tree Hub to share ideas about five critical focus areas for Lone Tree Elevated, the City’s comprehensive plan and code update project. During the evening, the community workshop gave attendees a platform to share their vision and hopes for the future of Lone Tree. Workshop attendees broke into five groups to discuss placemaking and investment, mobility, optimizing public spaces, community resiliency, and housing accessibility.
“We appreciate the community braving the elements to share their voice in this work,” says Senior Planner Ian Corder, the project manager for Lone Tree Elevated. “The most important part of this process is understanding what our community wants the City to look like in the next ten to 20-plus years.”
Listening to the conversations around the room, Corder thinks the project is off to a great start.
“Everyone here is passionate about this City and it’s leading to some great insights,” Corder added.
Attendees at the Lone Tree Elevated Community Workshop share their thoughts about a project rendering at the “Planning for a Resilient Future” table.
Community Workshops Provide Valuable Insight
More than 50 Residents, city officials, business leaders, and others worked with group facilitators who took notes throughout each discussion; notes that will help drive the work being led by the City’s Community Development department.
Gus Campbell, who moved his family to Lone Tree in 2021, joined the discussion around mobility in the City. An avid bicyclist, Campbell was most interested in investments in multimodal transportation and bike accessibility.
“An ideal weekend for me is being able to bike to Monk and Mongoose for a cup of coffee in the morning and bike across the Leaf Bridge to have dinner at Blue Island Oyster Bar,” said Campbell, noting that there is always room for improvement. “We love how accessible the City is and want to see more of that.”
Conversations lasted for roughly 90 minutes, resulting in pages of large butcher paper filled with ideas, questions, and direction from each station. When the event concluded, it appeared City staff hit their mark of making sure people who live, work, and play in the City of Lone Tree felt seen and heard.
“I think these conversations were really helpful,” said Campbell at the end of the evening. “I think [the City] does a great job of making resources available, and I think it’s a great sign that they’re taking input and trying to hear different perspectives as this work takes place.”
What’s Next for Lone Tree Elevated
City of Lone Tree Mobility Manager Dan Raine answers questions for attendees at the “Mobility in Context” discussion table at the Lone Tree Elevated Community Workshop.
The City offered two community workshops for this leg of engagement for the Lone Tree Elevated project. Next, the City will host an Open House at the Lone Tree Arts Center on Wednesday, February 21 from 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. This open house will give the community another opportunity to provide feedback and engage with organizations and community partners involved in the work of updating the City’s comprehensive plan and code. The first 100 attendees at the event will receive a free drink ticket. There will also be prizes available for those who participate in a visioning exercise.
More information on the Open House will be available soon on our website.
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