2025 BLUE SKY SMALL AREA PLAN UPDATE
Eve Miller, Senior Planner, Long-Range Planning Planning Commission Work Session
Thursday, July 31, 2025
Area Plan
Project Updates
▪ Currently Working On:
▪ Guiding Principles
▪ Final Existing Conditions and Market Analysis Reports
▪ Interchange Study
▪ Industrial Code
Blue Sky Small
Blue Sky Small Area Plan
Outreach and Engagement
▪ Build Trust and Clarify the Plan’s Purpose
▪ Communicate what the Small Area Plan aims to achieve and address concerns about potential impacts on existing businesses.
▪ Understand Current Conditions and Growth Potential
▪ Engage users and stakeholders to surface challenges, assets, and opportunities that can inform both near-term improvements and long-term development.
▪ Support Business Retention and Expansion
▪ Identify what small and industrial businesses need to stay, grow, and attract complementary uses to the area.
▪ Shift Perceptions Through Shared Experience
▪ Work with the community to reframe how the area is understood, focusing on activity, opportunity, and its role.
▪ Lay the Groundwork for a Long-Term Coalition
▪ Begin building relationships and organizational structures (like a business group or advisory network) that can support both immediate actions and future vision implementation.
Blue Sky Small Area Plan
Branding
Blue Sky Small Area Plan
Branding
Blue Sky Small Area Plan
Outreach and Engagement (Cont.)
Blue Sky Barbeque
▪ Pop-up lunch for Blue Sky business leadership and employees to engage with project team.
Blue Sky Website
Blue Sky SAP Timeline
Questions?
