We integrate planning, design, and engagement to offer a unique meshing
of purpose, knowledge, hands-on techniques, and process skills.
We are proud of our practice, moving “from insight to impact,” where we work with you to create
visions, plans and designs for sustainable communities and memorable places.
Our planning practice helps you imagine the future you want and how to get there.
Our work ranges from regional-scale strategies (e.g. growth management plans) – to local community, neighbourhood and downtown plans, to project and site-specific guidance.
KEY SERVICE AREAS
Regional Growth Strategies and Plans
Official Community Plans & Zoning By-Laws
Neighbourhood and Local Area Plans
Sustainabilty and Resilience Planning
Development Approvals
Policy Analysis and Policy Writing
Housing Needs Assessments
Research
SERVICES
Our design practice is rooted in sustainable placemaking.
We design great places across scales, from vast regions to small parcels, by convening skills including policy planning, landscape architecture and engineering.
KEY SERVICE AREAS
Downtown Planning & Urban Design
Community Master Planning
Conservation-based Development Planning
Design Guidelines
Terrain Analysis, 3d Modelling & Rendering
Development Feasibility & Impact Analysis
Our stakeholder and public engagement practice ensures broad, deep, and meaningful input to help inform decision making in projects of all sizes.
We use a variety of in-person and digital engagement tools to inform audiences, spark meaningful dialogue, and learn from the community.
KEY SERVICE AREAS
Stakeholder Mapping
Engagement Strategies
Process Design, Event Management and Facilitation
Indigenous Engagement
Organizational Development / Internal Engagement
Survey Design, Data Analytics & Infographics
Engagement Summary Report Writing and Presentation
Video scripting and production
AN INTEGRATED PRACTICE
Cross-pollination of disciplines is at the core of our practice.
We believe that creating deep green, just, healthy communities is a complex process that requires us to weave together strands of input from many backgrounds and perspectives. Recognizing this, our team members have distinct and specialized skills to encourage meaningful dialogue between participants. Tapping into a range of perspectives on complex issues makes us all wiser, aligns our thinking and action, and creates robust solutions.