Fate Comprehensive Plan

The City of Fate in the DFW Metroplex has seen exponential growth over the past decade. Accommodating this growth, Halff worked with the City to develop a new community blueprint grounded in both fiscal resiliency and Strong Towns principles. This project ultimately helps plan their future, promote sustainable growth and minimize the long-term financial burden on the community.

Halff, along with our partners Chuck Marohn (Strong Towns), Urban3, Code Studio, Catalyst Commercial and CivicBrand, charted a new path for the City. The team created a character-based future land use plan to reflect the suburban and rural character of the community. A “fiscal checklist” was established based on seven core value statements generated during an extensive community engagement process.

Our team took a deeper dive and created two sub-area plans focused on downtown and the I-30 corridor. These sub-area plans and design standards provided a flexible framework for design based on the built environment and future market needs of the City. The proposed standards were incorporated into a land development code update, and our team utilized several “implementation bootcamps” to teach City staff and the development community how to incorporate these standards into future development plans.

A Strategic Playbook was also created to provide the City with deep dives into critical issues outside of the traditional comprehensive plan elements. This playbook included immediate action steps, recommendations, and techniques to assist city leaders and stakeholders.

Since plan adoption, implementation progress is being tracked via an online dashboard to provide transparency to the public.