Comprehensive Master Plan
Real progress takes a vision, hard work and determination. In 2006, Riverside residents, businesses and other community stakeholders helped draft a Comprehensive Master Plan for the City. It was designed to establish a vision and serve as a guide for moving forward. By 2010, more than half of the Plan's goals were complete - prompting the community to think even bigger. To keep the momentum going, a Plan update was created in 2010 that focuses on three major areas: downtown, Horizons, and sustainability.
GOALS AND ACHIEVEMENTSBelow are just a handful of the successes that have come out of the Master Plan objectives.
GOALS AND ACHIEVEMENTSBelow are just a handful of the successes that have come out of the Master Plan objectives.
- Create a sense of place downtown: Welcome Plaza including a clock tower and Riverside signage is the first of many improvements
- Build gateways for entering the community: Signage, fountains, trails, green space and a waterfall have been constructed at Riverway Blvd and West Platte Road.
- Provide more jobs and create a strong business environment: Executed the Horizons development project bringing more than 1,000 jobs to Riverside; implemented a business retention program; made a commitment to speed and efficiency for City approvals.
- Improve walkability: Built sidewalks and trails along West Platte Road, Vivion Road and Northwood Road. Walkability is factored into all new development.
- Create natural connections throughout the City: Continued development of a trail network and adopted codes to protect streams and natural areas; expanded the Line Creek Trail from Kansas City entirely through Riverside to the Missouri River.