Curious about what's going on with Urban Growth Strategies? Staff share regular updates that provide relevant project information, milestones, and upcoming opportunities for engagement. For October 2025, project updates include:

• Eugene's Equity Atlas Charts a Path Toward More Inclusive Planning: The Planning Division is proud to announce the launch of its Equity Atlas: Selected Stories in Eugene’s History of Displacement—a research effort that documents how historic land use decisions have shaped today’s patterns of land use and housing access.
• Eugene's Comprehensive Plan Update: Using the feedback staff heard from the community, staff are refining the draft goals and policies, as appropriate. In 2026, staff will be asking the Eugene City Council and Lane County Board of Commissioners to consider adopting the new chapters.
• Draft Eugene Centers and Key Corridors Map: As a result of community input and staff research, the Planning Division has created a draft Centers and Key Corridors map and policies for the Comprehensive Plan.
• Community Input on Housing Actions: To help meet Eugene’s 20-year housing and jobs needs, City staff have proposed a series of housing, compact development, and jobs actions as priorities for City Council adoption in 2026 and 2027. To inform these actions, staff have engaged with housing developers as well as a Community Advisory Panel supporting Urban Growth Strategies.
• 2025 Community Engagement Summary: The 2025 Community Engagement Summary provides an overview of the engagement activities and key takeaways from the past year of community engagement. Staff continued to hear about housing affordability and availability, desired neighborhood qualities, and support for working towards a more equitable future.
• Recent and Upcoming Public Meetings: City Staff will be providing updates on the Urban Growth Strategies project to the Planning Commission on October 28th, 2025, and City Council on November 12, 2025. Then, on November 24, 2025, Planning Division staff will ask the City Council to initiate land use code and plan amendments for Urban Growth Strategies.

Read the full project update for October 2025 here.

Thank you to those who took the time to share your thoughts about the draft goals and policies for the Envision Eugene Comprehensive Plan. You are helping shape Eugene's blueprint for future growth and development.

What's Next?

Over the next several months, staff will review input from the surveys, tabling events, and community presentations, and refine the draft goals and policies as appropriate. Later this fall, Planning staff will ask the City Council to initiate the formal adoption process for Urban Growth Strategies work, including the Comprehensive Plan. The adoption process will include multiple opportunities for the community to provide testimony on the draft goals and policies.

Eugene's draft Land Use Designation Map

The Land Use chapter of the Envision Eugene Comprehensive Plan lays out the goals and policies for Eugene’s land use designations and map, urban growth boundary, and urban reserves. Together, these components help to guide allocation, utilization, and transformation of land inside Eugene’s urban growth boundary.

There are many ways to learn more about this important element of Urban Growth Strategies, and share your ideas:

• Watch a brief overview of the draft land use chapter goals and policies below.
• View the interactive Story Map to see the draft land use designation map and learn about how it was modernized.
• Review the draft Chapter 11 - Land Use goals and policies.
• Take the Chapter 11 - Land Use survey to let us know your thoughts and ideas about the draft goals and policies.

If you have questions, comments, or need help, please email project staff. To learn more about the work underway with the Envision Eugene Comprehensive Plan, check out the other recent project updates below (on community health, housing, compact development & urban design, and community engagement goals and policies) or visit the project webpage.

One of the proposed housing actions is to allow ‘micro village housing’ as a new housing type in Eugene. Community First Village in Austin, TX is an example of this model. As a part of Urban Growth Strategies, Eugene will advance specific actions to address needs for the next 20 years of housing and jobs. Eugene needs more than 26,000 homes over the next 20 years, according to the 2025 Oregon Housing Needs Analysis. To meet this need, Eugene would need to produce about 1,600 dwellings each year, or a 70% increase from current production.

Review the full draft list of 2026-2027 Housing and Jobs Actions here.

This list of actions is informed by past research and engagement efforts, conversations with community members, housing and development professionals, and City staff, and priorities in existing work plans, such as the Housing Implementation Pipeline.

The Community Health chapter of the Envision Eugene Comprehensive Plan guides the City's efforts planning for future growth and development that provides a healthy natural and built environment, enhances equitable access and opportunity, and fosters community safety and belonging.

There are several ways to learn more about this important component of Urban Growth Strategies, and share your ideas:

• Watch a brief overview of the draft Comprehensive Plan Community Health goals and policies below.
• Review the draft Chapter 5 – Community Health goals and policies.
• Take the Chapter 5 – Community Health Survey to let us know your thoughts and ideas about the draft goals and policies.

If you have questions, comments, or need help, please email project staff. To learn more about the work underway with the Envision Eugene Comprehensive Plan, check out the other recent project updates below (on housing, compact development & urban design, and community engagement goals and policies) or visit the project webpage.

The Planning Division is excited to announce draft goals and policies for two more Envision Eugene Comprehensive Plan chapters available for public review: Chapter 2 - Compact Development & Urban Design and Chapter 4 - Housing.

There are several ways to learn more about these two important components of Urban Growth Strategies, and to share your ideas:

Chapter 2 – Compact Development & Urban Design

• Watch a brief overview of Compact Development goals and policies in the recorded presentation below.
• Review the draft Chapter 2 – Compact Development & Urban Design goals and policies.
• Take the Chapter 2 – Compact Development & Urban Design Survey to let us know your thoughts and ideas about the draft goals and policies.

Chapter 4 – Housing

• Watch a brief overview of Housing goals and policies in the recorded presentation below.
• Review the draft Chapter 4 - Housing goals and policies.
• Take the Chapter 4 - Housing Survey to let us know your thoughts and ideas about the draft goals and policies.

Coming soon!

Keep an eye out for upcoming draft goals and policies for the following Comprehensive Plan chapters:

• Community Health
• Public Facilities and Services
• Land Use (and the Land Use Designation Map)

And, in case you missed it, the draft goals and policies for Chapter 1 – Community Engagement are available for review. Check out the draft community engagement goals and policies and take the Chapter 1 survey.

Curious about what's going on with Urban Growth Strategies? Staff share regular updates that provide relevant project information, milestones, and upcoming opportunities for engagement. For January 2025, project updates include:

• Eugene’s Comprehensive Plan Update: Staff are rolling out draft Comprehensive Plan goals and policies for the community's review, starting (appropriately) with Chapter 1 - Community Engagement. Catch up on chapter development and share your thoughts!
• New State Approach to Planning for Eugene’s Housing Need: The Oregon Housing Needs Analysis (OHNA) will fundamentally change how cities plan for housing. Eugene received its new 20-year housing need, and it’s significant!
• City Council Selects Future Climate-Friendly Areas: City Council provided direction on areas to designate, including downtown and along lower Coburg Road.
• Draft Land Use Designation Map: Have you checked out this modernized, digital map yet? It will provide a clearer and more detailed view of land use within Eugene’s UGB.
• Recent and Upcoming Public Meetings: Staff will provide updates on Urban Growth Strategies to Eugene City Council, Eugene Planning Commission, and the Lane County Board of Commissioners in February and March.

Read the full project update for January 2025 here.

As 2025 get underway, staff are rolling out draft Comprehensive Plan goals and policies for the community's review, starting (appropriately) with Chapter 1 - Community Engagement. There are a variety of ways to learn more about this important component of Urban Growth Strategies, and to share your ideas...

Watch the Video: Envision Eugene Comprehensive Plan

In this recorded presentation, City staff provide an overview on comprehensive planning, background on Eugene's Comprehensive Plan, how it is being developed, next steps, and ways for you to engage in the planning process.

Watch the Video: Comprehensive Plan Chapter 1 - Community Engagement

In this recorded presentation, City staff provide a brief overview of Chapter 1 of the Comprehensive Plan, the 2025 draft goals and policies for Community Engagement, next steps, and ways for you to engage in the planning process.

Take the Survey: Chapter 1 - Community Engagement

Take a brief survey on the 2025 draft goals and policies for Community Engagement and provide your input. You will be prompted to sign in or create an Engage Eugene account to begin the survey. We appreciate your participation!

Review the draft goals and policies for Chapter 1 - Community Engagement.

What's Next?

Throughout the winter and spring, staff will be rolling out draft goals and policies (with supporting videos and surveys) for all Comprehensive Plan chapters under development, including the following topics:

• Community Engagement (see above)
• Compact Development
• Housing
• Community Health
• Public Facilities and Services
• Land Use

Check back here regularly for updates. To learn more about the Envision Eugene Comprehensive Plan, visit the project webpage.

Questions? Contact us at UGS@eugene-or.gov. We look forward to hearing from you.

On November 13, 2024, City Council provided direction on where to designate Climate-Friendly Areas. Councilors unanimously selected “Option 1” which includes parts of greater downtown Eugene and the commercial area on Lower Coburg Road. Draft maps of Option 1 with current zoning are available here.Climate-Friendly Areas (CFA) are a type of urban, mixed-use center, directed by state administrative rules. They are intended to be areas where most people can meet their daily needs without relying on a car. Staff proposed three options for CFA designation, based on the results of the 2023 Climate-Friendly Areas Study, 2024 redevelopment analysis, and community engagement.

Staff will spend 2025 preparing to implement the designation, including:

• Determining parcel-specific boundaries
• Completing a multi-modal transportation gap analysis within the selected areas
• Identifying housing displacement mitigation strategies
• Developing land use code and plan amendments

The package is anticipated for adoption by the City Council in 2026. CFA designation is not intended to be static. The City will monitor and may need to designate additional areas during future urban growth planning.

Eugene is integrating Climate-Friendly Areas designation within Urban Growth Strategies for a more cohesive approach to housing and growth management planning. As a part of this work, Eugene is advancing policies to focus future growth, particularly higher density housing, in and near mixed-use centers and along key corridors to increase access to essential goods and services for all residents. Mixed-use centers in Eugene will range in size and activity level, from downtown Eugene to smaller neighborhood centers. Climate-Friendly Areas are just one type of center that fit the state’s requirements. Centers will play a crucial role in reducing dependence on cars, lowering household transportation costs, and decreasing pollution by keeping goods and services close together and near housing.