Goody Clancy Associates – Team leader, project management
Goody Clancy is an architecture, planning, urban design and preservation firm with a national practice and strong reputation for expertise in public participation and consensus building as well as its capabilities in technical planning. An interdisciplinary team of experienced planners, urban designers, architects and graphic designers staffs comprise the planning and urban design group. Goody Clancy is committed to collaborative planning based on an interactive dialogue with community members and is known for achieving successful outcomes in complex planning environments with multiple stakeholders.
Ron Thomas & Company – visionary engagement
Ron Thomas, AICP has provided the public planning field with over three decades of leadership and innovation focused on sustainability, quality of life, and land use integration from the neighborhood to regional levels. The foundation of his work is founded in vision-driven planning, organizing, facilitating, and managing the inclusive engagement of all sectors of society and community, and is supported by leading-edge technology and communication media.
JaLi’Ve – local coordination
JaLi’ve is a public relations firm in Shreveport whose role on the team is coordination of local outreach for the Visioning Forum on Saturday, August 22.
Franklin Industries – public communications/media
Franklin Industries provides specialized community outreach services to reach wide audiences, including segments of the population not typically reached by traditional media approaches. The firm is skilled in communication and media outreach to specific communities and working with local organizations to create community involvement opportunities for a broad range of stakeholders.
TischlerBise – fiscal analysis
TischlerBise is a fiscal, economic and planning consulting firm with over 25 years experience conducting fiscal impact analyses, developing fiscal and economic models, and preparing impact fee studies for local governments throughout the U.S. TischlerBise has prepared more fiscal impact analyses and fiscal impact applications than any other firm in the country.
Mt Auburn Associates - economic development
Mt. Auburn has worked with scores of urban and rural communities across the country on economic development planning efforts involving workforce and small business development, commercial revitalization, higher education/community partnerships, and arts and cultural development. The firm’s work at the state, regional, and local levels has given it an in-depth understanding of both the dynamics of regional development and the way in which communities function economically within a larger regional context.
W-ZHA - real estate development
W-ZHA has extensive experience in public/private development processes and in creating effective redevelopment strategies. Strong emphasis is placed on translating redevelopment ideas into achievable development projects with the roles of all involved parties clearly defined. Municipalities, redevelopment authorities and private developers have retained W-ZHA staff to create and/or evaluate development opportunities and to identify the appropriate role of the public, private and non-profit sectors.
Kimley-Horn – transportation
Kimley-Horn offers comprehensive transportation planning and engineering services with knowledge of critical planning elements such as public participation, community visioning, regulatory and policy planning, entitlements, land use scenario planning, implementation strategies, cultural and natural resources, and intergovernmental coordination. The firm’s wide range of experience includes comprehensive plans, land development controls and design standards, and master planning for various public clients involving far-reaching municipal issues.
J-Quad – housing
J-Quad provides planning services to assist municipalities with comprehensive and master planning efforts that help direct growth and revitalization opportunities. J-Quad provides research services on a variety of housing issues to clients within larger planning contexts, identifying best practices to provide programmatic targets and as the base for benchmarking efforts.
Neil Erwin Law – land use and regulations
Attorney Neil Erwin has provided a wide variety of zoning and land use regulation legal services for local governments on a regular and outsourced basis for over 30 years. His regulatory practice includes experience in representing governments, large businesses and neighborhood associations, resulting in a unique perspective and understanding of the aims and concerns of different sides.
Providence Engineering – water, sewer, drainage, solid waste
The Providence Planning Group, comprised of certified planners, certified floodplain managers and project management professionals provides a wide range of expertise in urban and regional planning. The firm’s team of water quality specialists has over 70 years of cumulative water/wastewater regulatory experience with capabilities that include regulatory permitting and compliance, treatment system engineering and design and related ecological assessments.
ETC Institute - public opinion survey
ETC Institute specializes in the design and administration of market research for governmental organizations, including community and strategic planning surveys, focus groups, and stakeholder interviews. ETC Institute is a woman-owned company and since 1982 has conducted research for more major U.S. cities than any other firm including projects for over 700 communities in 46 states.
