Housing Element and Community Engagement for Comprehensive Plan

For this Colorado town of 1,000 residents, we assisted the Denver-based planning firm Clarion Associates with a Master Plan. To engage Ridgway’s unique and diverse residents—artists, ranchers, outdoors enthusiasts, scientists, and retirees—we worked with a Denver-based poetic scribe to capture the voices of residents as they deliberated about the future of Ridgway at a large community event. We also worked with 2nd and 5th graders at the local elementary school to capture their visions of the community’s future through drawings and storytelling. Root also provided the housing analysis and housing policy framework for the Master Plan.