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INTRODUCTION

PURPOSE OF EXISTING CONDITIONS DATA

This Existing City data book highlights key indicators and background information about Littleton as it is today. Preparing
this booklet was step one in the 2019 Envision Littleton efforts to prepare a new Comprehensive Plan and create a first-
ever Transportation Master Plan (TMP).

The content of this data book is based on initial background studies to date by the City’s community planning consultant,
Kendig Keast Collaborative. The intent is to avoid duplication of available, more extensive profiles of Littleton. Instead,
the booklet focuses on selected data points that speak to community values and priorities expressed by residents and
other stakeholders as input to the Envision Report adopted by City Council in December 2018. Narrative within each
section notes how a data point further validates aspects of the Envision Report and/or highlights essential planning
considerations for the years ahead.
DATA BOOK CONTENT AND ORGANIZATION

The information in this data book is presented in topic areas
relevant to the City’s Comprehensive Plan for guiding Littleton’s DATA BOOK ELEMENTS
ongoing physical evolution and enhancement as listed to the right.
While transportation and mobility are key influences in describing Historical Timeline and Growth of Littleton
the existing conditions in Littleton, the data relative to
transportation and mobility is included in a separate TMP data Littleton Recognitions and Overall Satisfaction
book and will be incorporated into all of the future phases of People
Envision Littleton.
Housing
Along with the data book
The U.S. Census Bureau is the focus, another essential Heritage
primary source of Existing City activity in the Existing City
data except where otherwise phase was to complete an Environment
noted in this data book. inventory of the current land Recreation and Tourism
use and development pattern
in Littleton. The resulting inventory map and findings, along with Jobs, Employers, and Tax Base
the philosophy behind a character-based approach to land use
planning, are contained in a separate report, Community Utilities and Public Facilities
Character Framework for Land Use.
APPENDIX: Existing Land Use and Character
WHAT COMES NEXT

After considering current conditions, comprehensive plans are primarily future-oriented and prescribe goals, policies, and
objectives that are intended to advance a set of preferred conditions. Community needs and desires in Littleton for the
next 20 years, through 2040, will be pursued through the upcoming Future City phase of the planning process and include
a community-driven engagement process.