"Bend Made" Growth Plan
Bend, OR · 2025–present
Client: City of Bend, Growth Management
Location: Bend, OR
Year: 2025–present (in progress; adoption through 2029)
CP Role: Lead consultant
Practice Area: Visioning + Long-Range Planning
Team: Alex Joyce and Allison Platt, Project Management; Alex Steinberger; Irene Kim; Jamin Kimmell; Anaïs Mathez; Angelica Martinez Sulvaran; Lanier Hagerty; Ana Rae Miller
The Challenge
Bend must plan for growth through 2050, and Oregon requires a full set of housing, economic, land, and transportation plans to get there. City leaders chose to do them together, as one workplan built around a community conversation about Bend's future.
Our Approach
Bend Made is about planning Bend's future with the people who live there, with the state-required plans completed along the way. One integrated program is easier for residents to follow, costs less, and produces plans that agree with each other. We have built the technical foundation, early growth scenarios, and a Community Impact Analysis of urban form, climate risk, and spatial equity. Now, in the visioning phase running into spring 2027, residents will shape a shared vision in hands-on workshops and choose a preferred growth map.
Where It Stands
City Council is scheduled to adopt the work in five packages from 2027 to 2029, ending with an updated Comprehensive Plan and Transportation System Plan that carry the community's vision into policy.
