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City of Laredo Comprehensive Plan

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Viva Laredo Comprehensive Plan (PDF)

Every Great City Has a Plan

Laredo is looking to the future with a resolve to diversify its economy, increase employment opportunities, celebrate its history and unique culture, improve the health of its residents, improve affordability, and upgrade its quality of life. Viva Laredo is a plan created through an inclusive, participatory public process that presents both a grand vision and a practical plan to accomplish those goals.

Diversify the economy and increase employment opportunities.
Infrastructure, education, and quality of life are the foundation for long-term economic development. The plan presents public and private approaches to help the city fully leverage its potential as the largest inland port along the United States Mexican border.

Improve affordability.
Well-designed cities are less expensive to live in. The plan seeks to decrease auto-dependence, increase access to parks and neighborhood amenities, and streamline the development process for projects that provide a variety of housing options at a range of prices.

Viva Laredo is a living plan.
Planning is an ongoing conversation about the future. The conversation that Viva Laredo began does not end with the plan’s adoption. The conversation is the most important part. A city’s needs evolve continually and just as the plan for one’s own life must be allowed to evolve as opportunities and challenges change, so must the city’s comprehensive plan. For review and modification process, see Laredo City Charter, Article IX Planning and Zoning, Section 9.3 Comprehensive Plan.

Viva Laredo

The Viva Laredo Comprehensive is a plan created through participatory public proess that presents both grand vision and a practical plan to accomplish those goals. The plan was unanimously adopted by City Council on September 18, 2017.

Viva Laredo, the City’s 20 year Comprehensive Plan, represents the community’s shared vision for growth and development and outlines the specific goals and policies to be implemented to achieve this vision. The plan was unanimously adopted by City Council on September 18th, 2017.

It is comprehensive in that it addresses City actions in regard to Land Use Patterns, Downtown Revitalization and Historic Preservation, Urban Design, Mobility, Housing, Sustainability, Health, Parks, Economic Development, Arts and Culture and Education, and Global Initiatives.

In order to stay on vision and promote public transparency, the attached implementation checklist and project highlights will be utilized to better track successes and keep the community informed.