Meet the On Horizon Hastings Comprehensive Development Plan Update

Over the past two years, Marvin Planning Consultants has assisted the City of Hastings in creating the Comprehensive Development Plan Update. The Plan update is titled “On The Horizon Hastings.”

Ideally, a community’s comprehensive development plan is routinely reviewed, updated, and amended as needed, with a recommended complete and official update every ten years. The current comprehensive development plan, Imagine Hastings, was adopted in 2009.

A lot has changed in Hastings since 2009. Over 500 new homes and nearly 400 homes in multi-family development (mostly duplexes) have been built. The Imperial Mall has been demolished and a redevelopment of the site is occurring. Downtown Hastings is going through a resurgence with buildings being renovated, new retail and restaurant businesses opening, and several dwellings being reestablished on the upper floors. A considerable amount of commercial and residential development has occurred to the north of the City, along Hwy 281, including the Cimmaron Plaza and several new residential neighborhoods.

The changes experienced in the last 15 years show that change is inevitable for a city and that it is important to plan by developing policies that direct change and growth in logical areas that help the community flourish and limit impacts. This is the purpose of the “On The Horizon Hastings” Comprehensive Development Plan Update.

Marvin Planning Consultants worked with City staff to review the development history of the community, protect the future potential growth, and seek input from the community’s residents, business owners, and nonprofit organizations (e.g. the hospital and schools). The result is the final draft of the On The Horizon Hastings Comprehensive Development Plan.

Over the next couple of months, City staff will provide more information about the plan and seek input on the document’s policies and the Future Land Use Map. Several community open houses and work sessions with the Hastings Planning Commission and City Council will be had to review the plan and gather input. The plan is anticipated to be completed and adopted by the end of the year.

Please subscribe to the Engage Hastings project page to learn more about the elements of the plan and stay up to date on the review and adoption process.

If you have any questions about the On The Horizon Hastings Comprehensive Plan or development-related issues, please contact Development Services.