Services

Arts & Cultural Planning.

Our dedicated team offers a visionary approach to arts and cultural planning that effectively identifies local assets and guides the development of each community’s authentic character, enhancing sense of place and transforming arts and culture sector outcomes. We believe that vibrant arts and cultural sector activity and a strong creative economy are essential ingredients in healthy, thriving communities.

Drawing upon 30 years of experience, our cultural planning specialists will help you to achieve your goals - from master planning to facility and program management. We do not produce ‘cookie cutter’ plans. Our small team guarantees that you will receive focused attention, working directly with community stakeholders to ensure a collaborative vision that reflects the authentic character of your community, and with them, developing strategies to successfully achieve your goals.

“Our success stems from exceeding customers’ expectations on every project we've completed”

Services Offered

  • Culture, innovation and a vibrant quality of place are key ingredients in a thriving community and local economy. Cultural spaces, lively events and activities provide the opportunity for residents and visitors to be actively engaged in the community, to enjoy arts and culture assets, to meet others with similar interests, to learn new skills that can be the seeds for future careers and businesses.

    We provide planning and project management services that produce a vibrant and thriving art and culture sector in your municipality. We work with municipalities, agencies, non-profit organizations and community leaders to shape effective, actionable strategies for art and cultural development. With decades of experience in arts and culture master planning our plans inspires action, sparks creativity, and our projects bring communities together around a shared vision. Our arts and culture planning processes are grounded in authenticity and equity, driven by local voices and stories, built to enable continued participation and growth by local organizations, businesses and community members.

    We start by diving deeply into the initiatives that are already happening and then work with residents, artists, and sector stakeholders to create plans that reflects the identity of your community. We prepare phased strategies, implementation plans and ongoing assessment tools that ensure focused results and regular evaluation of progress and new opportunities that may emerge.

  • Public art is now a must-have asset that brings a downtown or public space to life, conveys local culture, and beautifies our communities. It’s an asset that changes how people experience spaces, it enhances property values, and helps key destinations, public buildings and developments stand out.

    We can help you plan an art in public places program that enhances your community and create policies that enable you to seamlessly integrate a public art program into your operations. We incorporate cultural mapping to effectively communicate the public art and cultural assets your community has to offer.

    Whether you’re developing a cultural district, revitalizing a public area or beautifying neighborhoods, integrating public art portrays local identity, creates a sense of place and activates underused public areas.

  • Whether you are preparing a plan for a new master planned neighborhood or community, or involved in a community renewal initiative, we have extensive experience working across government agencies community organizations using an action research approach that means tangible results that will continue to flourish and grow organically beyond the planning stage.

  • We bring a hands-on, collaborative approach to strategic planning and community engagement, based upon a deep understanding of the operational capacities and needs of arts and culture organizations and the communities they serve.

    We bring decades of experience in strategic planning for government, and non profit organizations.

    We are happy to arrange an exploratory conversation to fully understand your unique needs.