Comprehensive Plan Update (In Progress)
The City of Bryan is in the process of updating its Comprehensive Plan to shape a bright future for our community, and we want your input every step of the way. The plan establishes priorities for development and investment in Bryan, guiding decisions about land use, housing, transportation, parks, economic growth and community services. Updating the plan ensures it reflects current conditions, changing needs and the community’s long-term vision.
Fiscal Land Use Analysis (2024)
The City of Bryan’s 2024 Land Use Fiscal Analysis evaluates how different development patterns impact the City’s long-term fiscal health, infrastructure liabilities and housing affordability. The study concludes that compact, mixed-use and infill development patterns generally generate stronger tax revenue per acre and lower long-term infrastructure costs than low-density, auto-oriented growth patterns. The report recommends prioritizing infill and redevelopment, maintaining flexible development standards for smaller lots and housing types, and encouraging fiscally productive growth that aligns future infrastructure and service costs with sustainable revenue generation.
Midtown Area Plan (2020)
The City of Bryan’s Midtown Area Plan, adopted in 2020, provides a long-term vision for revitalizing the Midtown Area between Downtown Bryan and Northgate through coordinated public and private investment, walkable mixed-use development and context-sensitive neighborhood infill. The plan focuses on enhancing South College Avenue as a vibrant multi-modal corridor, supporting redevelopment around Travis Bryan Midtown Park and encouraging incremental housing and commercial growth through pattern zoning, design standards and expedited permitting tools intended to preserve neighborhood character while accommodating future demand.
Annexation Feasibility Study (2018)
The City of Bryan’s 2018 RELLIS Campus Area Annexation Feasibility and Strategy Study, along with its supporting Infrastructure Assessment and Fiscal Impact Analysis reports, evaluated the long-term opportunities, costs and service implications associated with potential west side annexation around the Texas A&M University System’s RELLIS Campus. The studies concluded that while immediate annexation of the full RELLIS area was not financially practical due to significant upfront infrastructure and public safety costs, strategic phased annexation on the west side could support long-term economic development, manage growth around the RELLIS corridor and ultimately generate a positive fiscal return to the City over time. The reports also identified major roadway, water and wastewater infrastructure needs necessary to support future development and recommended prioritizing annexation tied to development agreements, infrastructure planning and coordinated growth management.
Comprehensive Plan: BluePrint 2040 (2016)
The Texas Local Government Code requires that cities wishing to govern land use within their corporate limits do so in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan. It is in the context of this plan that zoning ordinances and other development regulations can be adopted and have legal standing. This Comprehensive Plan assesses the growth that Bryan has experienced and estimates the likely growth that the city will have to manage in the future. New infrastructure and development is required to sustain the built environment and maintain the character and quality of life that make Bryan unique. A current and accurate plan is essential to this process. This Comprehensive Plan provides a vision to guide Bryan’s growth and development for the near term and for years to come.
On October 25, 2016, the Bryan City Council via Ordinance number 2178 adopted a West Area Plan and an updated Comprehensive Plan titled BluePrint 2040. The adoption of BluePrint 2040 follows a 15-month planning and public input process by planning consultant Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Health & Wellness Area Plan (2015)
The purpose of the Health and Wellness Area Plan is to create a shared community vision and implementation plan for improvements to the area around St. Joseph Regional Health Center and Blinn College in Bryan, Texas. Seeing the success of a community-based planned effort in revitalizing Downtown Bryan, the City of Bryan, in partnership with St. Joseph Regional Health Center, sponsored this plan. Their efforts, along with those of other stakeholders, have created this guide for future development and land uses, infrastructure improvements, and enhancements to this vital area.
Downtown Bryan Master Plan (2001)
Like most historic downtowns, Bryan has been impacted in past decades by changing market demands. Our downtown is unique; therefore, it is critical that extraordinary measures be focused towards reviving the greatness of Downtown Bryan that citizens once enjoyed. The 2001 Downtown Bryan Master Plan is a collaboration between the public, city staff and consultants. Click on the links below to view and/or download the Downtown Master Plan and its façade improvement recommendations.
Annexation
For the purpose of Texas Local Government Code Section 43.052, the City of Bryan adopted the following annexation plan on November 13, 2007:
The City Council has reviewed the future expansion needs of the city and the prospects of development within the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction. The City Council has determined that at this time, the city does not intend to annex any territory that in order to be annexed is required to be in an annexation plan.
The City Council reserves the right to amend this annexation plan in the future to add territory for annexation should circumstances change.
Resources
Below are links to other planning agencies and organizations where additional information can be obtained regarding planning-related issues:
- American Planning Association
- Texas Chapter–American Planning Association
- Bryan/College Station Metropolitan Planning Organization
- Brazos Valley Council of Governments
- Texas Downtown Association
- Texas Historic Commission
- Preservation Texas
- Texas A&M University Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning Department