Comprehensive planning:

Long-term planning for resilient communities

Comprehensive planning is about the long view and the big picture.  It is about looking at every important aspect of the community and establishing a vision for the future.  It is about bringing all stakeholders together to talk about their concerns and aspirations. But comprehensive planning is also about short-term goals and actions that will help you realize the long-term vision. 

Our planners are focused on implementation as the most important aspect of the comprehensive plan.  We bring new ideas and smart growth strategies to the table.  We create maps and illustrations to help you chart your course and communicate that course to others.  Above all, we help you establish commitments to action and specific, realistic action plans to help you begin implementing your vision in year one.

Downtown design standards, Cross Plains, Wisconsin

Cross Plains, Wisconsin downtown design standards encourage use of existing infrastructure and previously-developed land to protect the nearby creek, even as downtown density increases.