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Professional Services
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING. Comprehensive plans reflect a community's long-term visions and present workable strategies for achieving plan goals. PROJECT MANAGEMENT. Effective project management ensures successful implementation of a community's plan.
ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. Zoning ordinances, zoning maps, subdivision regulations, smart code provisions, sign regulations, landscaping standards, design review guidelines, and other site development regulations help a community manage land use and development according to adopted plans.
NATURAL HAZARDS MITIGATION. Planning and implementation of projects and goals help a community mitigate the potentially damaging effects of natural hazards. Planning and projects can be funded through FEMA grants, such as the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) and the Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (PDM).
FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT. Flood hazard mitigation planning, flood plain property acquisitions, FEMA flood mitigation grants, economic feasibility studies, and effective flood plain ordinance development are tools to prevent community flood damages.
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS). Affordable and simple-to-use GIS solutions assist community planning assessments, using ArcGIS by ESRI and Maptitude GIS software by the Caliper Corporation.
DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION. Proven National Main Street Center principles for organization, promotion, design, and economic
restructuring can initiate or enhance a successful downtown revitalization program.
COMMUNITY VISIONING AND STRATEGIC PLANNING. Through visioning and a strategic planning process, leaders can work with their communities to realize long-term goals and short-range action programs.
GRANT WRITING AND ADMINISTRATION. Professional expertise in writing and administering grants, enhanced by established business relationships, can streamline and strengthen a community's effort to secure grants from a number of sources.