Central Area Zoning and Design Guidelines

Columbia’s central area is a unique and diverse collection of neighborhoods surrounding Downtown and the Mizzou campus. The City seeks to define the future of development within their boundaries and create livable neighborhoods with distinctive and desirable community character.

Our planning consultant on this project is H3 Studio. They are currently analyzing neighborhood characteristics and gathering feedback from residents, with the aim to develop regulatory measures and guidelines for future development efforts that will protect the distinctive character of Central Columbia while also allowing for growth.

We invite you to share your experiences of Columbia’s central neighborhoods and your feedback, concerns, and ideas about the neighborhoods' future. Your input will be instrumental in developing a new plan and development guidelines to help guide and fulfill the future of this area.

Input will be gathered throughout the planning process. The kickoff meeting was held Dec. 14, 2023. (The video recording of this forum can be viewed at this link: https://www.como.gov/link/cauc-meeting/) Slides from this presentations are located on the right side of the page, under Documents.

Public input meeting #1 was held March 6, 2024. Slides from this presentation are located on the right side of the page, under Documents. At the bottom of this page is a Survey with four visioning questions participants explored at this meeting, and that you may take as well.

Public input meeting #2 was held April 24, 2024. Additional input opportunities will be posted here as they are scheduled. We appreciate your feedback.