Highland Planning believes that life, work and play are made better when neighborhoods and commercial districts are thriving. Our achievements are backed by our track-record of success with projects statewide, in partnership with a host of visionary leaders and stakeholders. Highland Planning is a certified Woman Owned Business (WBE) in New York City, New York State, and Massachusetts. We are a certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) in New York State.
Public Outreach
Public outreach is our passion. We develop an individual engagement process for each project, based on the input sought by the client, the level of involvement sought by the stakeholders, the geographic reach of the project, and even the time of year. Highland Planning prides itself on creating meaningful opportunities for input – through door-to-door outreach, one-on-one conversations, and reciprocal dialogue between designers and stakeholders. Our past and current focus areas include:
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Economic and market analysis
Evaluating aspects of a local economy, weighing the impacts of a potential policy decision, or forecasting future growth can be highly technical and bewildering tasks to many communities. Don’t let your economic development plan or project fall into the dreaded “black box.” We can help the public better understand the data, leverage local knowledge and expertise, and ultimately broaden participation (and buy-in). Improving the economic well-being of a community starts with engaging and empowering the people that make up the economy. We offer rigorous technical analysis that can be combined with community engagement techniques to unlock the power of data and create long-lasting success. Below is a sample of technical services we offer:
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Commercial District Revitalization
Highland Planning helps communities create a vision for progress and make it a reality. As both top-level project managers and active producers, we compile demographic and market data, write and administer grants, handle all aspects of fundraising, facilitate strategic planning and evaluate the impact and progress of the initiatives we work on.
Highlights of accomplishments since 2007:
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Research & Program Management
Among our greatest strengths are meeting facilitation, project management, and attention to detail. We have been managing research projects on behalf of the National Academy of Sciences Transportation Research Board since 2011. We love this work because it allows us to contribute to the nation’s dialogue about the current state of practice in transportation.
Some of the research projects we have managed include:
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