Historical Master Plans

The following inspiring quotes about planning for the future were taken from the conclusion of the 1968-1985 Parks and Recreation Master Plan.

“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency. Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us. Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.” – Daniel Burnham (American Architect-Urban Planner)

“Let it be as such work that our descendants will say, as they look upon the labor and the wrought substance of them ‘see this our fathers did for us.'” — John Ruskin (English Art/Architecture Critic)

Click any of the covers to view the plan in detail.

1935 Land Use Plan

1968-1985 Parks and Recreation Master Plan

1994 Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Master Plan

2002 Metro-Greenbelt Trail Plan

2013 Parks, Recreation and Open Space Master Plan

2014 Our Natural Legacy