The future belongs to those who plan for it.

Great, livable communities don’t just happen—they’re created. On purpose, for a purpose. We bring people together with a shared sense of purpose and place to create enduring and prosperous communities.

 

Creating your tomorrow starts with listening today.

For us, getting people to the proverbial table isn’t nicety or mere formality. It’s about truly starting a productive, community-wide conversation. It’s about listening—and hearing. It’s about receiving input and ideas that lead to action about what to keep and what to change. It’s how we help move communities forward.

 

Ideas without a plan are only a wish.

Prosperous places are best shaped by the character of the community and the people who live there. We help communities understand and embrace their physical character and develop character-enhancing plans that don’t just sit on a shelf. We move communities toward what’s NEXT.

Moving communities toward what’s NEXT.

Whether maintaining momentum, steering the future or completely altering a trajectory, we cultivate a shared vision and develop a well-founded action plan.

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The future holds the greatest thing: possibility.

Our work represents what we believe. At the core of every enduring community is a planned future mindful of people, place and character.

 

Rockville, MD

Rockville, MD

Vision and Action Plan

Elkhart County, IN

Elkhart County, IN

Vision and Action Plan

Central Ohio Greenways

Central Ohio Greenways

Strategic Plan

City of Greenville, NC

City of Greenville, NC

Land Use Plan

City of Westerville, OH

City of Westerville, OH

Comprehensive Plan

City of Valparaiso, IN

City of Valparaiso, IN

Creative District Plan

City of Mobile, AL

City of Mobile, AL

Comprehensive Plan

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Columbia and Richland County, SC

Land Use Plans

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City of Independence, OH

Redevelopment Area Plans

Town of Cary, NC

Town of Cary, NC

Community Plan

Morgantown, WV Region

Morgantown, WV Region

Regional Vision and Comprehensive Plans

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City of Anniston, AL

Vision and Action Plan

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Translate purpose into plan

Here are the stories of communities from Cary to Columbus to Valparaiso in which ideas become vision, vision becomes a plan, and plan becomes what’s NEXT.

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Build One Portsmouth comprehensive planning process underway

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The City of Portsmouth, Virginia has officially launched Build One Portsmouth, a two-year process to create a new comprehensive plan for the city. A citizen-volunteer outreach team is gearing up for the…

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“Going big” in Loudoun County, Virginia

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Loudoun County, Virginia is not new to change. In the past two decades, the county, located in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area, has experienced a 100 percent increase in population and…

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Millcreek Township to update its plan for the future as growth intensifies in central Ohio

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Central Ohio is growing and communities are readying for change. This past spring, insight2050 released updated projections for growth of the region’s population, which could reach one million by 2050. Some of this…

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Grove City residents answer “How will we grow?”

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This week more than 100 people gathered at the "How Will We Grow?" Workshop to discuss what they value most about their community. The workshop was the first public input opportunity in...

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