Advancing Urban Places
Partnering with neighborhoods to foster communities and make vibrant places.
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Who We Are
We are on-the-ground urban planners moving places forward through versatile skillsets, high collaboration, and a resolve to address problems that don’t have a template. We partner with stewards of place to elevate communities, cultivate vibrant spaces, and strengthen economies by matching tricky urban challenges with the right solutions.
How We Work
We believe that the best solutions emerge from collaboration, curiosity, and a deep understanding of the challenges at hand.
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We Work
At the levels of Place, Neighborhood, and City
With place-based organizations like BIDs, Public Agencies, Small Businesses, and Main Streets.
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Capable Hands & Adaptive Capacity
We work with teams that have ambitious goals, tricky problems, and need extra capacity.
We fit into your workflow and design solutions to meet the complexities of your challenges. We can lead special initiatives, act as auxiliary staff, be subject-matter experts, or provide technical support.
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Specialties
- Plan-to-Pavement Placemaking
- Spatial Research & Mapping
- Economic Development
- Public Realm Audits
- BID Formation
- Creative Collaborations
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Public Realm Repair
- Small Business Permitting and Design
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"Don't Just Do Something, Stand There"
The best urban planning is bottom-up, community driven, and steeped in context.
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