Planning
Successful development depends on an informed, creative design and strategic planning to carry the project through to completion. Lapham Associates uses its full range of expertise to this end. Feasibility studies are utilized to help the client determine the practicability of a project under consideration. Experienced staff design projects that will meet both client needs and municipal requirements. Lapham Associates then steers the project through the approval process and ensures that projects are built to the specifications and expectations of the client.
In the event a client's desires do not conform to existing local ordinances, Lapham Associates can draft and expedite changes to regulations or negotiate exceptions and variances to enable projects to be pursued. Lapham Associates takes pride in its ability to sort through municipal ordinances and regulations, to divine their intent and to work through agreements with communities to get a project approved.
The Lapham Associates Planning Department uses experience with a focus on quality and accuracy to carry out client expectations in an efficient and timely manner, achieving winning solutions for both our clients and communities where their projects will be located.
- Master Plans
- Land Use Planning
- Land Development & Redesign
- Park & Streetscape Design
- Feasibility & Market Studies
- Conceptual Layouts
- Project Planning and Management
- Landscape Plans
- Project Presentations
- Zoning Ordinance Amendments
- Variance Applications
- Municipal Negotiations
- Public and Private Sector Grant Applications