Guiding Principles

Auraria Master Plan Guiding Principles

The Master Plan Vision is to create a thriving and active campus to support student success and institutional identities in order to enrich our collective experiences, strengthen campus cohesion, and achieve financial sustainability. The Guiding Principles for the plan are:

• In order to support the educational objectives of the academic institutions create the development framework that transforms the Auraria Campus into a complete community 
• Leverage existing and future campus opportunities to achieve a new sustainable financial model
• Enhance and expand connections to downtown Denver, surrounding communities, and new neighborhood development projects
• Design and define a cohesive campus with a distinctive character that complements the individual institutional identities
• Create a plan that that reflects the community we serve and promotes diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the Master Plan process
• Honor and celebrate the history of the campus to align with the AHEC Strategic Plan

Auraria’s higher educational institutions and AHEC are proposing several big ideas outlined in the Master Plan to enhance Auraria as a place where people can learn, work, live, and play, while providing an opportunity to explore additional revenue generation to maintain a high standard as a learning environment.

While the Master Plan points us in an intentional direction, it does not set in stone plans for every future building or new development project. The Master Plan is designed to support the community’s collective mission and values- to create a thriving and active campus to support student success and institutional identities to enrich our collective experiences, strengthen campus cohesion, and achieve financial sustainability.