• Sets a Vision for the community for the next 15 to 20 years
• Establishes Goals and Objects to realize the Vision
• Incorporates long-term resilience and hazard mitigation strategies
• Updates Land Use and Transportation Plans
• Assesses improvement opportunities for infrastructure and utilities
• Identifies essential community facilities
• Provides a framework for other plans, improvements, investments, and budgetary decisions

• Community Vision
• Economic + Fiscal Vitality
• Strategic Growth
• Design System
• Implementation

• Establishes a Vision for Downtown
• Defines Downtown boundary and sub-areas
• Identifies street types, character, and land use mix
• Sets a market-informed future for Downtown

• Illustrative vision of a market-informed future of Downtown Alvarado
• Renderings and concepts at a visual and conceptual level of detail to inform further design and cost estimates

• Documents parks and trails Levels of Service (LOS)
• Documents events and recreation programming
• Identifies proposed parks and trails levels of service
• Identifies proposed events and recreation programming
• Recommends strategies and actions

• Assess existing Level of Service at park and citywide levels
• Helps ensure Level of Service as the City grows
• Aligns parks, trails, floodplains, and more

The Master Plan Set is community-driven, meaning the input received from residents, stakeholders, businessowners will directly shape each Plan. There will be many opportunities for in-person and virtual involvement, including three Community Forums and a Community Survey. Be sure to share this page with your neighbors and subscribe for updates!

• Once the Master Plan Set is adopted, the City will begin implementing key recommendations of the Plan
• As part of the Resilient Communities Program grant, the Planning Team will then issue a Preliminary Zoning Report on Alvarado's Zoning Ordinance and work with City Leadership to ensure alignment with the Comprehensive Plan.

The Texas General Land Office (GLO) allocated $100 million in Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBGMIT) funds for the Resilient Communities Program (RCP), which "funds the development, adoption, and implementation of modern and resilient building codes and flood damage prevention ordinances to ensure that structures built within the community can withstand future hazards." For Alvarado, the key eligible program activity "Development and adoption of forward-looking Comprehensive Plans that integrate hazard mitigation plans."

For more information, please visit the GLO's Resilient Communities Program website.