Garden City officials revisit what the future of the city and its downtown will look like

Throughout the last decade, Garden City has boosted its regional appeal for many in western Kansas. Now, city officials are going back to the drawing board.

The last time Garden City created a comprehensive plan of what the future of the community will look like was around the years 2009 and 2010. The city followed the comprehensive plan with the creation of a downtown plan years late in 2013. The city is revisiting the progress made since then and looking at how to push it forward throughout the next 20 years.

The planning portion for the comprehensive and downtown plans began in December 2020 and is expected to continue through this fall. Automatically, the city’s plans analyze land use and commercial, residential, and industrial zoning.

“After that, there can be a lot of uniqueness to a community’s comprehensive plan and that’s why we’re asking for citizen engagement,” said Matt Allen, Garden City City Manager.