• Unincorporated North Valley Area Plan Update

    Thank you for taking a moment to complete this survey!
  • Your participation will help inform updates to the North Valley Area Plan, which will guide future County investment and development in the unincorporated North Valley. This survey has 15 questions and will take approximately 7 minutes to complete.

    Throughout this survey, “North Valley” refers to the unincorporated North Valley — the part of the North Valley governed by Bernalillo County, rather than the City of Albuquerque or the Village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque. A map showing this boundary appears below.

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  • To learn more about the 1993 North Valley Area Plan, please click on the link:

    1993 North Valley Area Plan PDF

  • 1. What is your connection to the unincorporated North Valley? (Select all that apply)*
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  • 3. The key goal of the 1993 North Valley Area Plan was to preserve and enhance the environmental quality of the unincorporated North Valley Area using the following strategies.

  • Maintaining the rural character of the North Valley*
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  • Managing growth and maintaining low density development *
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  • Providing diverse housing opportunities that meet a range of lifestyles, backgrounds, and economic needs*
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  • 4. What do you value most about the unincorporated North Valley? (select up to 2 options)*
  • What aspects of Rural Character do you appreciate the most? (select 2 options)*
  • What aspects of Agricultural Feel do you appreciate the most? (select 2 options)*
  • What aspects of Open Space do you appreciate the most? (select 2 options)*
  • What aspects of the Local Economy do you appreciate the most? (select 2 options)*
  • What Local Culture activities do you appreciate the most? (select 2 options)*
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  • 5. What are you most concerned about in the unincorporated North Valley today? (select up to 3 options)*
  • Choose the two factors about Traffic Congestion that you are the most concerned about. (choose 2 options)*
  • Choose the two factors that you are most concerned about for Bike, Pedestrian, and Equestrian mobility. (choose 2 options)*
  • Choose the three factors of Environmental and Climate Change you are most concerned about. (choose 2 options)*
  • Choose the two factors of Residential Development you are most concerned with. (choose 2 options)*
  • Which two factors of Housing Affordability are you most concerned with? (choose 2 options)*
  • Choose which two factors of the Decrease in Agricultural Activity concerns you the most? (choose 2 options)*
  • Which two factors of Commercial Development most concern you? (choose 2 options)*
  • Which Safety factor are you most concerned with? (choose 2 option)*
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  • What are your Priorities for the unincorporated North Valley?

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  • 6. What would you like the County to focus on in the North Valley? (select up to 3)*
  • Which factor of Traffic & Congestion would you like the County to focus on? (choose 2 options)*
  • Which two factors of Bike, Pedestrian, & Equestrian Mobility would you like the County to focus on? (choose 2 options)*
  • Which factor of Residential Development would you like the County to focus on? (choose 2 options)*
  • Which three factors of Environmental & Climate Change would you like the County to focus on? (choose 2 options)*
  • Which factor of Preserving Agricultural Lands would you like the County to focus on? (choose 2 options)*
  • Which factor of Promoting Job Growth would you like to see the County focus on? (choose 2 options)*
  • Which two factors of Community Facilities would you like to see the County focus on? (choose 2 options)*
  • Which factor of Safety would you like the County to focus on? (choose 2 options)*
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  • Did You Know?

    Did You Know?

    Rents in Bernalillo County have increased 45% over the past five years (2020 – 2025). A household must earn around $100,000 per year to afford to purchase the median priced home in Bernalillo County ($350,000). A key solution is to increase the supply of housing.
  • Source for rents: Bernalillo County, NM apartment rental price report August 2026 | jconline.com

    Source for income-to-home-value affordability: MRCOG Housing Needs Assessment (2022)

  • 7. What role should the North Valley have in accommodating more housing units?*
  • 8. Select all the strategies you support to create additional single-family housing in the North Valley (select all you support)*
  • 9. Which housing types do you feel are appropriate in the North Valley along the major corridors such as 2nd and 4th Street? (select all that you support)*
  • 10. Where would you support the development of multi-family housing in the North Valley? (select all those that you support)*
  • Did You Know?

    Did You Know?

    The North Valley has a long history of agricultural use dating back to when the valley was home to the Puebloan peoples. Recently, the amount of land actively cultivated for agriculture in unincorporated Bernalillo County has decreased.
  • Simms' farm (now Los Poblanos), 1957, by Daniel O. Todd

  • 11. As the County considers how to balance agricultural land and demand for new housing in the North Valley, where would you place your own view on the scale below? (select the one closest to your own view)*
  • Did You Know?

    Did You Know?

    The unincorporated North Valley has a high concentration of jobs and is a critical location for employment in our community. Many of these businesses operate from contractor yards (a place where vehicles, materials, and supplies are stored in connection with a contracting business), shops, and light industrial areas along the commercial corridors such as 4th and 2nd Street.
  • Utility Block manufacturing & contractor's yard. Photo: Google Earth

  • 12. Please tell us how you feel about the operation of contractors’ yards in the unincorporated North Valley. (select the one closest to your own view)*
  • What impacts are you the most concerned about when it comes to contractors' yards in the North Valley? (select your top 2 concerns)*
  • What is your vision for the future?

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  • Tell us a little about yourself

    The following optional questions will help us to ensure we are reaching a diverse and representative audience.
  • 1. How do you identify your race, ethnicity, or cultural background (choose all that apply)
  • 2. What is your age?
  • 3. How do you identify?
  • 4. Do you identify on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum?
  • 5. How did you hear about this survey?
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