The City is in the midst of a major rewrite of the 2012 Thornton Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan provides a vision of what Thornton can be in the future and covers a wide variety of topics that include housing, transportation, recreational amenities, and employment opportunities. The Comprehensive Plan serves as a guiding document for the City’s systems that coordinates other more detailed plans and implementation programs.

2018-2019 Comprehensive Plan Update:

The Comprehensive Plan rewrite will be ongoing throughout 2018 and 2019 and will have two major phases:

• Phase I: (completed December 2018) Comprehensive Plan Visioning Process – In this phase, the community will be involved in identifying the core values, vision, and goals for Thornton’s future.
• Phase II: (underway) Comprehensive Plan Technical Document Update – The rewrite of Thornton’s Comprehensive Plan document will be the focus of Phase II. This phase will incorporate the outcomes of the visioning process.

Over the course of five months, residents of Thornton actively engaged in discussions about Thornton’s future. The community has shared with us information about their everyday lives, hopes and challenges, and what they love about living in Thornton.

NEW! The results of this visioning process were presented to City Council at a Planning Session on December 11, 2018. You can now view the Thornton Community Profile, the Thornton Community Vision, and the Thornton Community Outreach Summary.