Plans

Citywide Plans

• Climate Action Plan: Carbon Neutral 2050 (2019)
• Bike South Bend 2018-20 Plan | Learn more about Bike South Bend
• Housing and Community Development Plan (2009)
• City Plan (amended 2022)
• Annexation Plan (1992)

Neighborhood Plans

Below are links to plans developed for neighborhoods or other target areas of the city. The map shows which parts of the city have a current neighborhood plan and which parts are now in a neighborhood planning process.

• East Bank Village Master Plan – Phase 1 (2008)
• Howard Park Neighborhood Plan (2012)
• Kennedy Park Neighborhood Plan (2022)
• Lincoln Park Neighborhood Revitalization Plan (2012)
• Miami Hills Neighborhood Plan (2018)
• Monroe Park | Edgewater Neighborhood Plan (2023) NEW!
• Near Northwest Neighborhood Plan Final (Strategic Plan) | Near Northwest Neighborhood Plan Final (Appendices) (2019)
• Near West Side Neighborhood Plan (2022)
• Northeast Neighborhood Plan (2022)
• Portage and Elwood Neighborhood Center Vision (2018)
• River Park Neighborhood Preservation & Improvement Plan (1995)
• Rum Village Neighborhood Plan (2022) | Rum Village Neighborhood Action Plan (1995)
• Southeast Neighborhood Master Plan (2015) |  Southeast Neighborhood Action Plan (1995)
• West Side/LaSalle Park/Oliver Gateway Neighborhood Restoration Plan (2004)

Redevelopment plans

Plans for Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Districts in South Bend. (TIF Map)

• Douglas Road Economic Development Area Development Plan (2006)
• River West Development Area Plan (2019)
• River East Development Area Plan (2019)
• South Side Development Area Plan (2019)
• West Washington-Chapin Development Area Plan (2019)

Commercial corridor plans

• Portage Avenue Commercial Corridor Revitalization Action Plan (1999)
• Mishawaka Avenue Streetscape Beautification Plan (2008)
• Miami Street Commercial Corridor Revitalization Action Plan (2000)
• South Gateway [S. Michigan/S. Main Streets] Commercial Corridor Action Plan (1998)
• West Side Main Streets [Lincolnway West and Western Avenue] Plan (2014)

Venues, Parks & Arts Plans

Venues, Parks & Arts plans describe goals for City-owned venues and parks.

• City Cemetery Master Plan & Improvements (View South Bend City Cemetery Page) (2015)
• Riverfront Parks & Trails Conceptual Framework (View Riverfront Parks & Trails Page) (2017)
• My South Bend Parks and Trails