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The City of Auburn is updating its comprehensive plan!

Welcome to the project website and community engagement portal for the City of Auburn's Comprehensive Plan Update!

A comprehensive plan is a long-term vision and road map that will guide Auburn over the next decade. Once completed, the comprehensive plan will outline a framework for future land use planning and zoning. The plan will also serve as a document to guide decisions on land use, growth, development, and capital investments. The final plan will be a document that reflects the vision, values, and priorities of the community and provides a roadmap to achieve the City's vision.

The comprehensive planning process provides the community with an opportunity to share their thoughts, ideas, and challenges to shape the future of the City. This project website will provide information about the project, upcoming events, and ways to get involved.

Your input is needed to guide this planning process and shape the future of Auburn!

Comprehensive Plan Community Visioning Survey

This survey is intended to collect feedback on the City's challenges and strengths and identify priorities for the Comprehensive Plan.

We want to hear from you!

Share Your Ideas

Share your ideas!

Use this Ideas Wall to share challenges, strengths, and ideas for the future of Auburn. (max 140 characters).

You have 140 characters left
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11 June, 2025

Auburn2030 says:

Why are 70+ year olds deciding what Auburn will look like well past the point when they will no longer be here? Attract good young families.

11 June, 2025

Anon says:

Do not make the same mistakes as Portland. Lower property taxes, attract good wage earner families, support business, tough on crime, easy!

11 June, 2025

Concerned citizen says:

Washington St is safer by having the roads divided. Businesses on northbound side are large taxpayers. Two way traffic is a safety issue!

10 June, 2025

Gerardrd says:

Auburn Lewiston need an Amtrak train station

10 June, 2025

Anon says:

Removing zoning restrictions. Zoning and central planning does nothing but increase costs.

9 June, 2025

ESD says:

All major changes to zoning ordinance should be voted on by the citizens not just city council and planning board. T4.2B for example.

9 June, 2025

ESD says:

Traffic calming needed on Court St. from top of Goff Hill to Minot Ave. Volume and speed are beyond reasonable/safe for a residential area.

9 June, 2025

RAC says:

Auburn needs more affordable housing and moderately priced single family homes, not more market rate multiunits that profit developers.

9 June, 2025

Julie D says:

Pedestrian bridge over the Falls, and more access to the river. Clean sidewalks in winter for pedestrians. Lots of senior programs

8 June, 2025

RPL says:

Improve maintenance of streets and other public infrastructure. Eliminate blighted areas; derelict buildings in gateways.

8 June, 2025

RT says:

Hotel Road should have a weight limit. The giant trucks go too fast and ruin the road.

8 June, 2025

RT says:

Hotel Road going towards Lost Valley needs a tarred edge to the right of the white line so the road won’t erode so fast.

Map Your Ideas

Frequently Asked Questions

Past Events and Meetings

Past Events and Meetings

Tuesday 25 February 2025

February 2025 Comprehensive Plan Committee Meeting

View the February 25, 2025 Comprehensive Plan Committee meeting HERE.

Tuesday 25 March 2025

March 2025 Comprehensive Plan Committee Meeting

View the March 25, 2025 Comprehensive Plan Committee meeting HERE.

Thursday 24 April 2025

April 2025 Comprehensive Plan Committee Meeting

View the April 24, 2025 Comprehensive Plan Committee Meeting HERE.

Project Phases

Project Phases

  • Timeline item 1 - active

    Inventory and Analysis

    The Inventory and Analysis will include relevant data and information on topics such as housing, natural resources, economic development, and public facilities. This information will be shared with the public and used to inform future project phases.

  • Timeline item 2 - active

    Community Engagement

    Initial outreach will focus on understanding the community's primary challenges, values, and priorities for the future. Community feedback will be the basis for developing a vision for Auburn and will inform the future land use map, policies, actions, and final plan.

  • Timeline item 3 - incomplete

    Developing an Action Plan

    Once a vision for the future has been established, the Comprehensive Plan Committee, City staff, and consultant team will work together to build future land use scenarios, policies, and actions to share with the community. The future land use map, policies, and actions will serve as the basis for the final plan and create the roadmap for how the City will implement its vision for the future.

  • Timeline item 4 - incomplete

    Final Plan Development

    The final comprehensive plan will be responsive to community needs and outline the City's vision and roadmap for the future. The final plan will be a community-driven plan that is accessible and easy to use.