Once a foundation of shared knowledge and perspectives is established, then your community can explore issues and opportunities in further detail and prioritize projects and investments around common goals to achieve desired outcomes.

Too many plans are wish lists without much (if any) consideration of fiscal, environmental, social and political realities, and overwhelming lists of implementation recommendations. We do things a little differently. Our planning work always begins with an analysis of your city’s development pattern and business model to determine what your resource gaps are. Then, we work closely with the community to identify and prioritize implementation efforts that intentionally close this gap over time. Most importantly, our implementation approach focuses on connecting resources throughout the community to work together toward common goals. We call this cultivating community.

Our Cultivate Community Framework and Program can be applied to a project, neighborhood, watershed or the broader community, and can be done independently or as part of a larger project effort.

Planning Services

• Land Use Fiscal Analysis

• Development Fiscal Impact Analysis and Modeling Tools

• Capital Improvement Project Return on Investment Analysis

• Comprehensive Plans

• Downtown, Corridor and Area Plans

• Neighborhood Revitalization Strategies

• Citizen Led Implementation - Cultivate Community Program (CCP)

RELEVANT WORK

• Land Use Fiscal Analysis (Bastrop, Pflugerville, Brownsville, Victoria, Pilot Point, Nacogdoches, and more)

• Pasadena: Fiscal Analysis and Strategic Plan

• Pasadena: FEMA and CDBG Project ROI Analysis

• Crowley: Fiscal Analysis and Comprehensive Plan

• Frisco: Downtown Master Plan

• Royse City: Comprehensive Plan

• Sachse: Comprehensive Plan

• Fate: Unified Development Ordinance and Focus Area Master Plans

• Dallas: Park Benchmarking and Economic Impact Study

Fiscal Analysis

Do the math: Every project we take on begins with doing the math. Revenue/acre and ROI mapping, fiscal impact models, and other financial assessment tools that help you quantify your true service cost liabilities and identify areas where investment will get the highest return. Pictures are always helpful, so we’ve built a separate site with lots of maps and graphics to explain our process and how some of our clients are applying. Check it out by clicking the button below!

Cultivate Community Program

Build momentum incrementally: Our alternative to traditional comprehensive planning. Community-specific programs where we assemble a local implementation team and work alongside you to collect, test, and implement citizens' ideas to improve their neighborhoods—quickly and cost-effectively.