Community Planning

Just as each individual snowflake is distinctive, and each fingerprint, so too is your community - unlike any other.  Community planning should respect this uniqueness.  Planning is an art that requires skilled guidance from knowledgeable professionals in concert with the enthusiastic participation of local officials, civic leaders, property owners, and residents.  You provide the enthusiasm; we provide the creativity and experience - and together we will achieve your unique and particular goals.

While many communities share similarities, each is unique with respect to issues, philosophy, and long-range vision.  Because of this uniqueness, your community deserves a plan designed to its specific qualities and values.  Like a fine hand-tailored suit, you need the expert touch of a proven professional.

Having served hundreds of communities throughout the United States, the LSL staff brings a varied perspective and fresh insights to each project.  Central cities, suburbs, rural towns, townships, and counties have all called on LSL for assistance in charting their future direction, counting on the varied perspective and fresh insights we bring to each project.

The vast experience of the LSL planners is as diverse as the communities we serve.  Allow us to bring that experience in charting the future of your unique community.

Distinguishing aspects of the LSL approach include:

• Creative ideas and sustainable concepts
• Tailored solutions to individual challenges
• Enthusiasm to engage community officials and the public
• Emphasis on meaningful community participation and support
• Integrated involvement by experts in many specialities
• Personal attention of senior-level staff
• Extensive graphics to explain concepts
• Documents that are easy to read and understand
• Focus on implementation and built-in monitoring

MASTER PLANS

Cities, Towns, and Villages

Belding • Berkley • Beverly Hills • Bluffton, SC • Cadillac • Capac • Carson City • Casco • Caseville • Cass City • Cedar Lake, IN • Cedar Springs • Chelsea • Clare • Coopersville • DeWitt • Dowagiac • Dundee • East Grand Rapids • Farmington • Fenton • Ferrysburg • Fowler • Fowlerville • Goodrich • Grand Ledge • Imlay City • Kalkaska • Lapel, IN • Manistee • Midland • Monroe • Montague • Muskegon • North Muskegon • New Buffalo • Ostego • Pentwater • Portage • Port Huron • Quincy • Richmond, IN • Rockford • Romulus • Southfield • Sparta • Swartz Creek • Taylor • Walker • Watervliet •Wixom • Wyoming

Townships

Almena • Antwerp • Baraga • Berrien • Big Prairie • Blendon • Bloomfield • Blue Lake • Brighton • Brownstown • Bowne • Brooks • Burdell • Casco • Cato • Caseville • Courtland • Croton • Covert • Crystal Falls • Danby • Deerfield • Dundee • Ensley • Eureka • Florence • Fruitland • Genoa • Georgetown • Grand Haven • Grattan • Grass Lake • Grosse Ile • Home • Keeler • Laketon • Laketown • Lilley • Lincoln • Lyndon • Markey • Moorland • Muskegon • New Buffalo • New Haven • Niles • Northville • Oakfield • Oakland • Oneida • Pennfield • Pentwater • Pine • Pittsfield • Plainfield • Putnam • Raisinville • Reynolds • Rose • Roscommon • Sidney • Silver Creek • Shelby • Sherman • Solon • Sullivan • Three Oaks • Volinia • Weare • Webber • Weesaw • Winfield • White River • Ypsilanti • Zeeland

Counties

Gratiot • Isabella • LaGrange, IN

City of Walker, MI
Master Plan

LaGrange County, IN

Sub-Area Plan

City of Berkley, MI

Master Plan

Town of Bluffton, SC

Comprehensive Plan

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Sustainable Community Planning:

Advocate for mixed-use development.

Coordinate land use and multi-modal transportation planning.

Analyze long-term fiscal impacts of various land use patterns.

Manage growth through infrastructure service areas. Arrange land uses to reduce the length and number of automobile trips.

Plan for connection of greenway corridors.

Promote LEED accredited development.

Advocate for higher densities in urban cores.

Develop pathway plans.