Long Range Plans

Long-range planning seeks to develop a unified vision of a community’s future and then identify strategies to reach that vision. Long-range plans typically have a planning horizon of 25-50 years and an implementation or action plan for the first 10 years. While each community is unique, in the Unified Government, the Comprehensive Plan lays out the vision citywide. In some cases, a comprehensive plan may cover Wyandotte County, as is the case for the goDotte Strategic Mobility Plan.

plankck: 2023 cITYWIDE cOMPREHENSIVE pLAN 

In 2023, the Department of Planning + Urban Design adopted PlanKCK, an update of the 2008 Citywide Master Plan. This plan occurs parallel to three other large planning efforts - the Citywide Historic Preservation Plan, Economic Development Strategic Plan, and Housing Strategy. Each of these projects serve as chapters of PlanKCK. Other topics covered in this plan include: regional identity, arts and culture, open space preservation, and resiliency. For more information, visit the project website: www.wycokck.org/plankck 

Read(PDF, 165MB) PlanKCK(PDF, 165MB) (Versión en Español(PDF, 164MB) )

Economic Development Strategic Plan(PDF, 55MB)

Citywide Historic Preservation Plan(PDF, 198MB)

Plan de Conservacion Historica a Nivel Municipal(PDF, 161MB)

GODOTTE COUNTYWIDE STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN

goDotte (English)(PDF, 75MB)

goDotte (Spanish)(PDF, 79MB)

The Unified Government has developed the Area Plans listed below to define a strategy related to existing assets, potential opportunities, and overarching goals. Area Plans recognize and value the character of individual neighborhoods to determine how they support the larger comprehensive vision.

• Armourdale Area Plan - English & Espanol(PDF, 20MB) (Adopted October 29, 2021)
• Central Area Plan(PDF, 47MB) (Adopted October 28, 2020) (English)
• Central Area Plan(PDF, 101MB) (Adopted October 28, 2020) (Espanol)
• Downtown Area Plan(PDF, 12MB) (Adopted June 7, 2007)
  • Downtown Parkway District Plan(PDF, 5MB) (Healthy Campus Plan)
• Northeast Area Plan(PDF, 88MB) (Adopted November 29, 2018)
• Prairie-Delaware-Piper Area Plan 2004(PDF, 5MB) (Adopted February 26, 2004)
• Rosedale Area Plan(PDF, 45MB) (Adopted December 1, 2016)
  • Rosedale University Town District Plan(PDF, 75MB)
  • Rosedale Business Park & Mixed Use Design Guidelines(PDF, 328KB)

Focused Plans, such as neighborhood or corridor plans, are the most geographically specific level of the planning process.  If a Comprehensive Plan sets a vision into the future, and an area plan identifies specific projects and programs to work toward that future, then a focused plan expands on certain, often complicated projects in order to move them closer to implementation. For instance, the Northeast Area Master Plan identified a trail system to support mobility and storytelling, and the recently adopted NE KCK Heritage Trail Plan identifies a path towards its implementation.

Corridor Plans

• Reimagine Rainbow: Complete Streets and Traffic Management Plan (2024)
  • Versión en Español(PDF, 87MB)
• Merriam Connected Corridor Plan(PDF, 148MB) (Adopted in 2022)
• Northeast KCK Heritage Trail(PDF, 35MB) (Adopted in 2022)

The plans below involved significant community involvement that seeks to improve the quality of life of neighborhoods and its residents in Wyandotte County. However, they have not been submitted to the Unified Government for official adoption. Select a link below for additional plans and information. 

Quality of Life Plans
These plans were produced through grants and with the direction of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC). 

• Downtown KCK(PDF, 3MB)
• St Peters Waterway(PDF, 330KB)
• Douglass Sumner(PDF, 1MB)

For more information about LISC, please visit their website at https://www.lisc.org/kansas-city/.

In 2023, the Unified Government initiated the steps required to achieve the bronze level of Community for All Ages (CFAA). The CFAA program allows communities to increase awareness of age-friendly strategies that prepare Kansas City, Kansas (KCK) residents to age in place. These strategies include understanding the experiences and expertise of older adults, identifying challenges and opportunities, and integrating solutions into policy, urban design, infrastructure, and programming.  With a population that is increasing in residents over 65, it is essential to make our community accessible for all ages.

Do you think KCK is a good community to age in place? Let us know your thoughts!

CFAA strategies are incorporated into the four lenses of PlanKCK: access, equity, mobility, and regeneration.

The Unified Government is always updating our vision for Wyandotte County. With the development of new plans, old plans can become obsolete. See the past plans for Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas below.

• 1989 Overall Land Use Plan(PDF, 178KB) (Adopted 1989)
• Armourdale Area Plan 1979(PDF, 2MB) (Adopted 1979) 
• Rosedale Area Plan 2005(PDF, 4MB) (Adopted May 2005)
• MARC State Avenue Corridor Plan(PDF, 7MB) (Adopted July 2013)
• K-32 Tri-City Multi-modal Redevelopment Plan(PDF, 106MB)
• Southwest Boulevard/Merriam Lane Corridor Plan(PDF, 9MB) (Adopted September 29, 2011)  
• 39th Street Corridor Plan(PDF, 3MB) (Adopted April 2003)
• 47th and Mission Road Area Concept Plan(PDF, 41MB) (Adopted February 2000)
• 91st Street Corridor Plan(PDF, 692KB) (Adopted November 23, 2004)
• Sidewalk and Trails Comprehensive Plan(PDF, 91MB) (Adopted in 2012) (To be replaced by the goDotte County-Wide Mobility Plan)
• 2008 Citywide Master Plan(PDF, 4MB)