RIO PHX

Project Overview

RIO PHX is a collaborative effort by the City of Phoenix and various property/business owners and community stakeholders to create a series of land use policy documents that will help promote a 20-mile Rio Salado (Salt River) corridor as a local and regional destination that attracts positive investment for the benefit of businesses, residents, and tourists. This plan aims to be a key implementation component of the regional Rio Reimagined project. This initiative also seeks to identify outstanding needs in the area and opportunities for housing, employment, recreation, art, and ecological restoration. The final aim of this project is also to improve health outcomes for residents.

RIO PHX has multiple planning areas. The map below shows the boundaries of the first planning phase known as the Rio Salado District. This area is bounded by Interstate 17 (north), Broadway Road (south), 32nd Street (east), and 19th Avenue (west).

Planning Process

A series of policy plans will be developed, one for each planning area, following three phases of planning:

• Current State Assessment (Who We Are)
  
• Vision For the Future (What We Want)
  
• Strategies and Implementation (How We Get There)​

Objective & Mission

Objective: Transform the 20-mile Rio Salado Corridor (Phoenix segment) as a defining feature that enriches our history, culture, and natural beauty while fostering vibrant, walkable communities along and beyond its banks and builds upon other existing infrastructure investments in the area.

Mission: Reconnect Phoenix residents to the Rio Salado while enhancing its ecological habitat and improving the quality of development within the surrounding area.

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Get Involved:​

• PHX City Calendar
• Public Meeting Notices (City of Phoenix)
• The Rio Reimagined (ASU)
  
• Active Transportation Study - Rio Reimagined (MAG)

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