Billings 2045

Land Use Plan

A community-driven vision for the city’s growth, resilience, and livability, built on local voices and shared values

Community

Planning Week

Visit our Community Planning Week Events page or scroll down on this page to learn more about the upcoming community workshops taking place across Billings in November. Drop in on any of the workshops to learn more about the plan progress and to contribute your perspective!

Click on Community Survey to contribute to our preliminary community survey. We look forward to gathering your feedback to help shape the future of Billings!

What is the Billings 2045 land use plan?

The Billings 2045 Land Use Plan will serve as the City’s long-range policy guide for land use, infrastructure, and community development, created in accordance with Montana state law. When complete, the plan will provide a framework for making coordinated, forward-looking decisions about how Billings should grow, supporting housing choice, economic opportunity, open space conservation, and efficient public services. As required by state statute, the planning process will incorporate broad public input and local values to shape a vision and set of policies that reflect the unique identity of Billings and the greater Yellowstone County region.

This effort will address key land use challenges and opportunities specific to south-central Montana, such as managing development at the urban edge, protecting working agricultural lands, improving transportation networks, and revitalizing the downtown core. Whether you're a resident, business owner, developer, or local official, your voice will help guide the decisions that shape the city’s future. We invite you to participate in this important process and help us create a plan that supports a resilient, inclusive, and well-planned Billings for generations to come.

As the City of Billings and its partner agencies work with community members to develop the Billings 2045 Land Use Plan, the City is also progressing a separate but related effort to improve our street system: the Billings Transportation Corridors Plan. The Billings 2045 Land Use Plan and the Billings Transportation Corridors Plan are being developed jointly so that the Billings community’s vision for land use and transportation can support each other in the years to come. To learn more about the plan and get involved, please visit the Billings Transportation Corridors Plan website, linked HERE!

Community Planning Week events.

Featured
Community workshop - Rose Park
Nov 17
Community workshop - Rose Park

Join us for an interactive open house to help shape the future of Billings! The workshop will feature a flexible, drop-in format—stop by whenever it’s convenient to share your ideas and speak directly with the planning team.

If you’d like to learn more about the Billings 2045 Comprehensive Plan, including what it is, what’s been accomplished so far, and what’s next, plan to arrive at the beginning of the session for a brief presentation. Afterward, you’ll have the opportunity to explore displays, ask questions, and provide input that will help guide the community’s future.

Community workshop - MSUB
Nov 18
Community workshop - MSUB

Join us for an interactive open house to help shape the future of Billings! The workshop will feature a flexible, drop-in format—stop by whenever it’s convenient to share your ideas and speak directly with the planning team.

If you’d like to learn more about the Billings 2045 Comprehensive Plan, including what it is, what’s been accomplished so far, and what’s next, plan to arrive at the beginning of the session for a brief presentation. Afterward, you’ll have the opportunity to explore displays, ask questions, and provide input that will help guide the community’s future.

Community workshop - Oasis
Nov 18
Community workshop - Oasis

Join us for an interactive open house to help shape the future of Billings! The workshop will feature a flexible, drop-in format—stop by whenever it’s convenient to share your ideas and speak directly with the planning team.

If you’d like to learn more about the Billings 2045 Comprehensive Plan, including what it is, what’s been accomplished so far, and what’s next, plan to arrive at the beginning of the session for a brief presentation. Afterward, you’ll have the opportunity to explore displays, ask questions, and provide input that will help guide the community’s future.

Community workshop - Oasis 2
Nov 19
Community workshop - Oasis 2

Join us for an interactive open house to help shape the future of Billings! The workshop will feature a flexible, drop-in format—stop by whenever it’s convenient to share your ideas and speak directly with the planning team.

If you’d like to learn more about the Billings 2045 Comprehensive Plan, including what it is, what’s been accomplished so far, and what’s next, plan to arrive at the beginning of the session for a brief presentation. Afterward, you’ll have the opportunity to explore displays, ask questions, and provide input that will help guide the community’s future.

Community workshop - Career Center
Nov 19
Community workshop - Career Center

Join us for an interactive open house to help shape the future of Billings! The workshop will feature a flexible, drop-in format—stop by whenever it’s convenient to share your ideas and speak directly with the planning team.

If you’d like to learn more about the Billings 2045 Comprehensive Plan, including what it is, what’s been accomplished so far, and what’s next, plan to arrive at the beginning of the session for a brief presentation. Afterward, you’ll have the opportunity to explore displays, ask questions, and provide input that will help guide the community’s future.

Interim Planning Commission
Nov 20
Interim Planning Commission

The consultant team will provide the Interim Planning Commission with an update on the Billings 2045 Comprehensive Plan progress, including an overview of work completed to date, findings thus far, and next steps in the planning process, followed by time for Q&A between the Commission and the team.

Southside Task Force
Nov 20
Southside Task Force

The consultant team will provide the Southside Task Force with an update on the Billings 2045 Comprehensive Plan progress, including an overview of work completed to date, findings thus far, and next steps in the planning process, followed by time for Q&A between the Task Force and the team.

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