Key Dates

Join us anytime between 4:30pm - 6:30pm February 9, 2023 at City Hall lower level (222 Lewis St.) to chat directly with the City planners and consultants whom prepared the plan to answer any questions or get more information how these plans were formulated, will be utilized and why they are important!

Upcoming draft for the Comprehensive Plan will be available for review and public comment! Be on the lookout for updates when it's live! 

The Bike and Pedestrian Plan and The Outdoor Recreation Plan are now available on the project pages for review and public comment! 

Focus River Falls had a booth at Art on the Kinni and it was a really successful event with a lot of community conversations! We connected with approximately 80 residents and gathered some great feedback!

Continuing our conversation from July we wanted to hear from more stakeholders in these focus area! 

We our proud to serve our community! The Community Development had a booth to learn about the Focus River Falls process and the importance of the department! 

Focus River Falls hosted a two-day event for six (6) stakeholder groups:

• Recreation
• Housing
• Local Businesses
• Large Tract Land Owners
• Sense of Place/ Inclusion
• Natural Resources

We had great conversations and insight to what these focus groups priorities and interests were in terms of all the plans. Thank you to all our partners and stakeholders who participated. 

Focus River Falls had a booth at the Meet River Falls event for River Falls Days. We had a great turn out and so happy that we got more people to share their thoughts about the type of development they would like to see and where in the city. We had great conversations and awesome participation! 

Focus River Falls had a pop-up booth at the Farmer’s Market at Rush River Brewing on Thursday, July 23. Staff shared information about the Focus River Falls planning process and asked for community input on future development needs in the area. Attendees were encouraged to “add a sticker” to preferred development types and use blocks to “build” a future version of downtown River Falls. We had a lot of great conversations and input! 

Earth Fest 2022

Sunday, April 24, 2022, 2:00 – 5:00 PM. Earth Fest 2022 was a free community celebration of the past, present, and future sustainability efforts in River Falls and the surrounding area. City of River Falls staff had a booth to talk about the comprehensive plan, get resident feedback, and provide information on the process. 

This family-friendly event included live music, fun family activities, food sampling, a sustainability fair, free giveaways, and more. 

Pop-up at Veteran's park for a discussion about sustainability and how it will affect the comprehensive plan. 

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the in-person open house to discuss and learn about all things Comprehensive, Outdoor Recreation and Bike and Pedestrian Planning! City planning staff and planning consulting firm, SRF, hosted a variety of activities to gather feedback and answer questions about these plans and processes. It was a fun event and a great opportunity to get community input on what should be incorporated into these plans! 

The early engagement summary is available to review the feedback we have received in these first six months. Some highlights include:

• Natural Resources and Parks being the top emerging theme that the community can be proud of and should continue to invest in.
• Housing and maintaining/increasing local business economy is the most concerning themes that should be addressed.