Planning and Strategy
Planning anchors my practice. A plan earns its cost when the community actually builds from it, so every engagement ends with owners, milestones, and a document local officials use rather than shelve.
What this covers
Place-based investment strategy and regional geographic frameworks
Downtown and economic development plans, short and long term
Community assessments, resident surveys, and developer surveys
Stakeholder engagement plans and facilitation
Relationship mapping across corridors, sectors, and jurisdictions
Site and building inventories covering public and private property
Recommendations and agendas for regional convenings
What you receive
Strategy briefs written for executive teams and boards. Implementation plans with milestones and owners. Survey instruments, collected data, and synthesis. Facilitated sessions with decisions documented. Inventory databases. Presentation packages for funders and local officials.
Work like yours
For a certified CDFI, a place-based investment strategy for the executive team, organized around a three-zone geographic framework for Southwest Virginia. For the Appalachian Regional Commission, Virginia's contribution to a multi-state downtown development implementation plan, built from community and developer surveys.
Bring the geography and the question.
I will tell you what the analysis takes.