Area Specific Plans (ASP)

The Community Master Plan provides a city-wide vision of how to direct and manage land use change in the community. In some instances, a more detailed approach is required to ensure appropriate consideration is given to detailed issues. Area specific planning provides the opportunity to more closely examine a
particular geographic area of the city and tailor appropriate recommendations to the needs of area residents, businesses, and property owners.

These plans provide a closer analysis of an area than the citywide Community Master Plan by establishing more specific uses, roadway alignments and design treatments, and necessary public facilities and amenities needed to make a neighborhood, mixed-use area, or business district a success.

They can also serve as a catalyst to organize neighborhoods, increase citizen technical skills, and attract desired private sector investment. To be effective, area specific planning efforts must be collaborative, involving residents, business organizations, institutions, City representatives, property owners and/or
developers. This collaborative effort results in detailed plans that balance varied interests and build on the recommendations in the CMP.

Area Specific Plans

This ASP was adopted February 23, 2010.

Butterworth ASP

Creston ASP

For more information on the community plan and investment strategy for the downtown area and Grand River, read more about the GR Forward Plan below.

This ASP was adopted April 25, 2017.

This plan is not officially adopted by the City, but the Heartside Quality of Life Study was established in 2017.

This ASP was created in 1988 and was updated in 2005. It has not been officially adopted by the City of Grand Rapids.

This ASP was adopted October 23, 2012.

This ASP was adopted June 9, 2015.

Michigan Street Corridor Plan

This ASP was adopted July 20, 2007.

Midtown / BRIKYAAT Area Plan

This plan is not officially adopted by the City. The MLK Park Neighborhood Quality of Life Improvement Study was conducted in 2019.

This ASP was adopted February 23, 2010.

This ASP was adopted in 1998.

This ASP was adopted November 14, 2020.

This ASP was adopted December 3, 2020.

This plan is not officially adopted by the city, but the Wealthy Street Business Alliance (WSBA) presented a position paper on Ground Floor Offices in 2016.

This ASP was adopted in 2015. The Westside Plan includes several districts on the City's westside, including the West Leonard Business District, West Grand Neighborhood Organization and Stockbridge Business District.