DOWNTOWN AND NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING

OUR PROCESS

Learn

Starting with our trademark Assessment of Place - focused on understanding the individuals, activities, defined uses, physical environment, and operating systems of each community, we tailor analysis to ensure that our recommendations are both aspirational and implementable. Directed research defined from technical sources to stakeholder engagement helps us understand the real assets, needs, and history of the community.

Connect

Progress happens when cities and community members work together. We listen to everyone’s ideas, needs + passions, and objectives and make tangible progress toward their goals. We then pair these ideas with city structures designed by codes, zoning + city direction - connecting the dots between all who are dedicated to change.

Plan

We create plans to suit our clients’ needs—ranging from three-month action plans focused on specific challenges to long-term downtown or comprehensive plans. Our plans are uniquely tailored to the assets, challenges, and character of each place. No matter what the scope of the project, we focus on helping our clients work toward their most important goals.

Implement

Action brings ideas to life. We create action so that underutilized spaces, walkways, and buildings aren’t just discussed; they add needed life and commerce to your community. We identify the tools and resources needed for short, medium, and long-term improvements and help create a structures that support every milestone towards success.

Activate

Activation brings people together to share food, stories, art, experience and histories; it enables neighbors to share, to learn, and to organize. By activating a public place, a platform is created for cultural, physical, and political changes that can revitalize neighborhoods, improve infrastructure and bring economic benefits to residents.

Reassess

We always check in after our work is done to ensure that the community is working toward its objectives + using its resources to the best of their abilities. There is always room for improvement - we analyze the reaction of our work + where we can make it better for the community.