■    Encourage the city’s evolution from small town to livable city, with urban scale development, amenities, and services in appropriate locations, while preserving and enhancing the natural environment and history of the community;

■    Use Bend’s existing urban land wisely, making efficient use of land inside the boundary, with infill and redevelopment focused in appropriate areas within the Central Core, along transit corridors, and in key opportunity areas (see Figure 11-1);

■    Create new walkable, mixed use and complete communities by leveraging and complementing land use patterns inside the existing boundary and using expansion to create more complete communities;

■    Locate jobs in suitable locations, where there is access to transportation corridors, larger parcels, and good visibility for commercial uses;

■    Plan Bend’s infrastructure investments for the long term;

■    Meet state requirements for growth management and the UGB while achieving local goals;

■    Lay the groundwork for the future growth of Bend by taking into consideration the context of lands beyond the UGB;

■    Utilize best practices (e.g. cluster development, transect planning) in appropriate locations to reinforce the City’s urban form, reduce risk of wildfire, and recognize natural features that present “hard edges” for urbanization; and

■    Implement an overall strategy to “Wisely grow up and out”.