Index of All Plans and Studies

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Citywide Plan
Studies

Area Plans

Downtown adopted 1999; amended 2010; updated 2023
Equitable Growth Through Transit Oriented Development (2018)
Fond du Lac and North adopted 2004; updated 2021
Harbor District adopted 2018
Equitable Growth Through Transit Oriented Development (2018)
Menomonee Valley2.0 adopted 2015
Near North adopted 2009
30th Street Corridor Economic Development Master Plan (2018)
Connecting the Corridor (2020)
Near South adopted 2009
Walker's Point Strategic Action Plan (2015)
Walker Square Strategic Action Plan (2016)
Equitable Growth Through Transit Oriented Development (2018)
Near West adopted 2004
North 27th St. Corridor Strategy (2017)
Northeast adopted 2009
Riverworks Strategic Action Plan (2015)
Equitable Growth Through Transit Oriented Development (2018)
Northwest adopted 2008
Granville Strategic Action Plan and Land Use Study (2017)
Southeast adopted 2008
South 27th Street Strategic Action Plan (2017)
Aerotropolis Development Plan Amendment (2017)
Bay View Neighborhood Plan (2023)
Southwest adopted 2009
South 27th St. Strategic Action Plan (2017)
Envision South 13th Street Together (2022)
Third Ward adopted 2005; amended 2006
Washington Park adopted 2006
WI-175 & Lisbon Visioning Study (2017)
West adopted 2009

Development Incentive Zones

5th / Layton adoted 2004
938 W Layton adopted 2005
The Brewery Project adopted 2006
East End Menomonee Valley adopted 2007
Holt Plaza adopted 2004
Loomis Centre adopted 2000
Midtown Center adopted 2000
North Ave Commerce Center adopted 2000
Towne Corporate Park of Granville adopted 1998

Redevelopment Plans

20th / Brown adopted 2006
Avenues West complete 2008; not yet adopted
Beerline B adopted 1999
Bronzeville Cultural and Entertainment District adopted 1983; amended 1984, 2005, 2007
Capitol / 35th adopted 2005
King and Reservoir adopted 1985; amended 1992
Park East adopted 2004
Port of Milwaukee adopted 2010

Design Guidelines

Urban Design Principles (Citywide) adopted 1998
East Side North Avenue adopted 2011
Menomonee Valley Sustainable Design adopted 2004
Milwaukee River adopted 1992
Streetscape Guidelines adopted 2011
Third Ward adopted 2006
Vacant Lot Handbook completed 2013
Westown completed 2003

Neighborhood Conservation Overlay Districts

Bay View / South Shore Drive adopted 2008
Brewers Hill / Harambee adopted 2006

Citywide Plan

Citywide Policy Plan adopted 2010
Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan adopted 2022
Transmission Tower Policy Statement adopted 1998
Growing Prosperity: An Action Agenda for Economic Development adopted 2014
Industrial Land Analysis adopted 2004, amended 2021

Studies

Havenwoods adopted 2001
Industrial Land Analysis - adopted 2004, amended in 2021
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Neighborhood adopted 2003
Downer Avenue Snapshot completed 2015
Burleigh/Lisbon Commercial District Strategy completed 2016
A Place in the Neighborhood: An Anti-Displacement Plan for Neighborhoods Surrounding Downtown Milwaukee completed 2018
Fresh Food Access Report completed 2019
Housing Affordability Report completed December 2019, updated January 2023!
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