Envision Brighton

The City of Brighton is one of the region's fastest growing communities. Since 1990, its population has more than doubled and more than 750 new businesses have opened. In the past eight years, nearly $150 million in commercial and industrial development has occurred, and new high-profile projects will draw even more attention to the area.

Brighton also is well connected to the metro area, with E-470 and Denver International Airport providing excellent access and distribution opportunities for businesses. But Brighton will never become the next bedroom community of Denver.
 
Our community is, and always has been, self-sufficient. Once predominately agricultural, we now enjoy a healthy mix of commercial, residential, educational and recreational areas. We have a strong history, an established downtown district and a vision for the future. We have, in short, a quality of life that people value deeply — as do employers.

We need to grow in a sustainable manner while preserving what is best about our community. And we need to have a comprehensive plan that shows relocating businesses where our community is headed and how we will get there.

It is in this spirit that the Brighton Economic Development Corporation has developed four key action items in its 2007 Work Plan for consideration by the City of Brighton during its comprehensive planning process.

Brighton EDC's Comprehensive Plan Committee, equally comprised of business leaders and city officials, began work in February to provide input into each component of the plan. The group will be presenting ideas about those four areas to Brighton's City Council to continue the dialogue about where we have been and what we intend to become.