Gestión del crecimiento

This plan asks who has—and who should have—access to housing, jobs, and transportation, and how the decisions we make now can continue to expand that access. Voices across Bend shape those answers. Community input goes all the way to the people who decide where Bend is headed. The decisions made through this plan will shape Bend for years to come, and the time to help shape them is now.

Housing and jobs shape who lives in Bend—longtime neighbors, young families, the workforce behind our favorite businesses, everyone who makes Bend, Bend. This plan takes a hard look at what kinds of homes and work Bend needs, where they go, and how we shape a place where more people can put down roots.

As Bend grows, how people get around needs to grow with it. This plan looks at transportation realistically across Bend—from streets to bike lanes, trails and sidewalks—so community members stay connected to the places and people that matter, safely and accessibly, as the city grows.

Snowpack, open land, forests, the river—the natural environment around us has been important to Bend’s inhabitants for thousands of years. We admire it, enjoy it, and count on it. This plan takes our relationship with nature seriously— planning for parks, schools, climate resilience, and ensuring that, as Bend grows, it remains a place worth living in for the people and landscapes that define it.

The systems that make Bend work like water, transportation, and utilities, require constant reevaluation to keep pace with a growing city. This plan coordinates investments deliberately, making sure the right resources go toward the infrastructure that will matter most for Bend’s long-term future.