The City of Big Lake adopted a plan and set of design guidelines for its downtown area entitled the “Big Lake Downtown Design Standards.” The document establishes a vision and specific guidelines related to future development in the City’s Central Business District (land concentrated around the Highway 25, County Road 5, and Highway 10 intersections). The guidelines provide a definition of desired design principles in the area related to site:
- Architecture
- Building Placement
- Design of Public Spaces
- Lighting
- Materials
- Planning
- Signage