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Aurora Neighborhood Planning Initiative

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The City of Aurora is pleased to initiate one of the first comprehensive neighborhood planning efforts in the region. The Aurora Neighborhood Planning Initiative is being implemented to help residents and other stakeholders shape the way their neighborhoods will grow and change over the next 20 years and beyond.

Since February 2000, the City of Aurora has taken a more proactive stance in working with its neighborhoods to identify common problems and identify solutions. The Neighborhood Revitalization Team (NRT), comprised of neighborhood representatives and City staff, spent several months identifying common issues confronting Aurora’s established neighborhoods. At the conclusion of this work, the group had formulated a number of recommendations which included sponsoring two neighborhood-oriented programs.

The first program would allow ongoing City-neighborhood dialogue to address a variety of issues. The implementation of this recommendation was the formation of the Aurora Neighborhood Council, a type of “one-stop shop” for neighborhoods to access City services. The Council is made up of four neighborhood representatives and 12 representatives of City departments.

The second recommended program was based on the acknowledgment that each of Aurora’s neighborhoods has its own character, its own unique set of issues, and, perhaps, its own priorities for improving its quality of life. As such, the NRT proposed a process for ensuring longterm, detailed, neighborhood-by-neighborhood planning. The goal of this proposal was to assure that the distinct needs of various neighborhoods are addressed and that revitalization is an ongoing joint effort of both residents and City government. The Aurora Neighborhood Planning Initiative was started to provide a forum for neighborhoods to collaborate with the City in addressing neighborhood issues through long-range planning.

For more information on the Aurora Neighborhood Planning Initiative, please download the Neighborhood Planning Initiative Handbook. You may also call the Planning Division offices to request a hard copy via mail.

ANPI Neighborhoods

Bardwell Neighborhood

• Bardwell Area Final Action Plan [9.9 Mb]

Big Wood/Marmion Neighborhood

• Big Woods/Marmion Final Action Plan [14.2 Mb]

Light of the Community Neighborhood

• Light of the Community Final Action Plan [4.6 Mb]
• Light of the Community Planning Initiative

McCarty Burlington Neighborhood

• McCarty Burlington Final Action Plan [4.7 Mb]
• McCarty Burlington Planning Initiative

Near West Galena Neighborhood

• Near West Galena Final Action Plan [7.2 Mb]

Sout East Villages Neighborhood

• South East Villages Final Action Plan [12.8 Mb]
• South East Villages Planning Initiative