[Ms] Municipal Studies for Myriad Partners

Developing a nuanced understanding of your community’s current conditions and market trends is fundamental to developing any plan. We can not only design the process to fetch this data, but also work with you to strategize a way to keep the information current and accessible to the decision makers in your community.

An increasingly common (and increasingly required) tool for communities large and small are housing studies. At their best, these studies combine intimate market knowledge with site analysis and regional dot-connecting to implementation experts, funders, and developers. This can only be achieved in partnership with residents and stakeholders.

An emerging area for municipalities is the deliberate assembly of strategies to tackle the persistent challenges of poverty. Since the issue is so far-reaching and includes economic development, infrastructure, education, housing, service provision, and environment, a multi-disciplinary team is necessary. We have an extensive network of collaborators and partner closely with on-the-ground professionals to develop strategies that combine physical improvements with service reforms, programmatic initiatives, and infrastructural considerations to make this the last plan you will need.

We assemble plans, policies, dashboards, implementation matrices, and interactive platforms in collaboration with clients in order to ensure the data can be kept current and made accessible to various audiences, from the general public and potential developers to municipal staff and elected officials. This ensures that information is democratized and decisions are rooted in reality.