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Community Plan

Supporting our core community values.

Adopted July 2025, the CP provides a roadmap to maintain, grow, and support Crested Butte's full-time community while preserving its character. It identifies zoning tools and incentives so the free market can play a larger role in producing housing and commercial spaces that serve the community. Key priorities include supporting diverse, community-serving housing and encouraging community-serving commercial spaces like local businesses, nonprofits, eateries, and gathering places. 

Here's What' Happening Next: 

Zoning Code Update and 5-Year Complimentary Strategies

Zoning Code Update: Launching this fall to clarify rules, reduce inconsistencies, apply the CP identified incentives, and guide development toward community-serving housing and commercial spaces. 

Community Housing Strategy: A tactical plan to advance housing goals by assessing our current portfolio and programs, identifying gaps and needs, and prioritizing projects, programs, and funding that align with the updated zoning code. 

Community Spaces Strategy: A strategic framework to support community-serving businesses and organizations, evaluate current gaps and challenges, and set metrics for ongoing success. 

Get Involved!

This fall, the Town will host seven one-hour webinars (one for each zone district category) covering proposed code changes, why they're being considered, and how they may affect you. Property owners will receive a mailer with details, and sign-up info will be available via the Town's e-blast and below.

Each session includes time for questions, and a follow-up survey will offer another changes to share your input. Recordings will be posted online for those who can't attend.

Dates, times and links to the Webinars:

Oct 29 at 4 pm: Mobile Home Districts (M)

Oct 30 at 12pm: Higher Density Residential Districts (R4 and T)

Nov 6 at 12pm:  Mixed use districts (B3, B4, R3C)

Nov 7 at 10am:  Business 1 District (B1-Elk Avenue)

Nov 11 at 4pm: Business 2 District (B2-Sixth Street)

Nov 12 at 4pm: Commercial District (C-Belleview)

Nov 20 at 12pm: Residential Districts (R1s and R2s)

 

View Community Plan

Watch the Open House recording

For questions reach out to planning@crestedbutte-co.gov

Resource Library 

Community Plan Process

Plan development will follow the Community Compass decision-making framework to establish a goal, define success measures, develop alternatives, and make decisions using informed consent. The general timeline for the plan includes: 

Phase 1 – Discovery (March– May 2024)

The first phase is focused on data collection and analysis, including a policy review, economic market study, and review of the housing needs assessment, which will culminate in better understanding the challenge and defining the goal.  

Phase 2 – Desire and Continued Discovery (June– August 2024)

Phase two continues data analysis and adds  Community Outreach through summer Compass Navigation events, surveys and block parties. Targeted stakeholder and focus group interviews will take place during this period as well. Draft success measures will then be crafted by synthesizing community feedback. 

Phase 3  - Design (September– January 2025)

In this phase, community outreach continues, culminating in a design charrette. The charrette will interactively sketch alternative future build-out scenarios for the Town, which will be guided by and filtered through the success measures. After the charrette, the Community Plan advisory committee will work through refining alternatives, which will culminate in a draft plan. 

Phase 4 - Discussion (February - June 2025)

In the final phase, community outreach continues to refine the alternatives and draft plan, which will culminate in recommendations to inform an update to the Town’s Zoning Code and Design Guidelines and Standards in 2025.   

Advisory Committee Information 

Advisory Committee: The Community Plan advisory committee is comprised of one Council member, one BOZAR member, and residents, local business owners, and community members. Advisory committee meetings are open to the public, but public comment may not be taken. Please email planning@crestedbutte-co.gov with any feedback or questions on the CP.  

Past Meeting Materials:

Outreach Materials and Resources