MUNICIPAL PLANNING
Weston & Sampson offers decades of success supporting government, nonprofit, and private-sector clients with planning-related services, including:
- Strategic, comprehensive, and master planning
- Policy analysis and adoption for land use, zoning, and environmental management
- Environmental planning for NEPA, natural hazard mitigation, water resources, resiliency, etc.
- Transportation planning
- Conservation, open space, and recreation planning
- Historic preservation
- Inclusive community engagement programs that lead to equitable results
- Mapping
- Data analysis
- Expert testimony and peer reviews
- Project and infrastructure finance through grants, enterprise programs, public-private partnerships, and bond-issue support
Planning is critical. It saves time and money. A good strategic approach is often the difference between project success and failure. We know our clients are often low on resources with urgencies and unexpected demands that, despite its importance, planning may never happen. This is where we can help! Our team brings a wealth of experience from years of successfully supporting planning initiatives from inception to implementation. We offer a comprehensive understanding of public finance, public outreach, and—as our clients have come to rely on—a deep bench of technical support.
We look forward to discussing your ideas, objectives, and helping you to achieve results.
For more information on our resiliency experience for municipalities under the Massachusetts Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) program, please click here.
Dorchester County Greenbelt Master Plan - By Kim Morganello, Lucas Hernandez and Rachel Cotter, RLA. Dorchester County, South Carolina, is home to diverse ecosystems, including swamps, blackwater rivers, bottomland hardwood forests, longleaf pine savannahs and tidal marshes. Residents and visitors can partake in outdoor recreational activities across the county’s vast park system, trails, waterways and forests. The county, however, has undergone significant growth and development in recent years, and has embraced the challenge of managing rapid urban growth while also trying to mitigate environmental damage and degradation.
Equity-Driven Climate Action: Connecticut’s Path to a Resilient, Net-Zero Future - Figure 1: The impacts of climate change, like this severe inland flooding from extreme precipitation, are impacting communities across the country (Weston & Sampson).