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                  Blog Post Large-scale redevelopment projects need to learn from small-scale historic neighborhoods
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                  Blog Post Is a mix of housing missing from your mall redevelopment equation?
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                  Blog Post How can urban planners drive equitable planning practices in a changing landscape?
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                  Webinar Learn strategies to guide our communities in unlocking new urban opportunities
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                  Blog Post What is a comprehensive plan? 6 steps to help your city
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                  Webinar Recording Placemaking for innovation: Creating innovation ecosystems
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                  Video How a historic city is redesigning its streets to work for everyone
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                  Report Catalyzing Calgary’s Downtown West
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                  Video Retrofitting Hammond, IN’s downtown core from car-centric to a walkable neighborhood
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                  Video How Albany converted an underused highway ramp into a city park
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                  Report Enhancing Montreal’s public spaces through strategic urban design
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                  Video Manhattan’s waterfront: Building relationships to redefine what’s possible
Downtown Revitalization & Redevelopment
Downtowns are more than the economic engines of our cities; they represent the identity of their communities. As the pace of change accelerates, we can help you chart a vibrant and resilient future.
Bringing new vibrancy to the urban center
Downtowns are evolving—and so is the ecosystem that defines them. A thriving center is more than buildings, roads, or open space; it’s a carefully curated mix of uses that drives physical, social, and economic renewal. From transforming underused areas into vibrant mixed-use districts to reconnecting neighborhoods through equitable infrastructure, we deliver bold, locally grounded solutions built to serve everyone—now and for generations to come.
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Meet Our Team
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                     Beth Elliott Principal 
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                     David Dixon Vice President, Urban Places Fellow 
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                     Astrid Mayak Urban Designer 
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                     Ralph DeNisco Senior Principal 
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                     Erin Perdu Senior Urban Planner 
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                     Steve Kearney Principal 
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                     Heidi Peper Principal, Senior Funding Leader 
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                     Roger Weber Senior Principal, Urban Places Sector Leader (United States) 
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                     Chris Jennings Senior Principal, Discipline Leader, Community Development, (Landscape Architecture) 
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                     Wei Jin Urban Designer 
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                     Adam Jones Senior Urban Planner 
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                     Margaret Newman Practice Leader 
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                     Jason Schrieber Senior Principal 
 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	