The Final Draft of the Master Plan for the National Western Stock Show master plan was released by the North Denver Cornerstone Collaborative on December 18th. This Master Plan is the culmination of months of work and collaboration from the National Western Stock Show, Colorado State University, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, community members from the Elyria-Swansea and Globeville neighborhoods, and the City and County of Denver. The National Western Center Master Plan, “represents the next critical step in the preparing a road map for this region of the City, establish[ing] a long range Vision, Guiding Principles and Goals for the redevelopment of the National Western Complex and Denver Coliseum.”

The Executive Summary outlines four main objectives for the plan:

1.  Reconnect Globeville, Elyria and Swansea through new and improved multi-modal connections;

2. Advance the City’s intent to secure and grow the National Western Stock Show for the next 100 years as the state’s largest agriculture convention;

3. Set in motion the creation of a year round destination to promote new out-of-state tourism in partnership with new and existing partners such as Visit Denver, Western Stock Show Association, Colorado State University, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and History Colorado;

4. Position Denver as a global player in 21st century agricultural issues that will help advance our knowledge around food production, safety and the expansion of healthy foods at an international scale.

You can view the plan in its entirety here. The City and County of Denver will be accepting public feedback on the draft before the Master Plan heads to City Council in March 2015 for final approval. You can click here to give your feedback on the Master Plan.