Switch It Up
by Jen Topa Sometimes you need to switch it up! On Tuesday, October 8th, we swapped our typical meeting venue for Downtown Grind, a beautiful cafe on North Main Street in…
Lead With Engagement
by Susan Hopkins and Tanya Zwahlen Before we became focused on community engagement, we were planners working on transportation, economic development, and community revitalization projects. We’ve done our fair share…
Commercial Corridor Beautification in Rochester
by Jen Topa Last month, our team participated in two great projects that positively impacted two of the commercial corridors that we work on. On May 5th, the South Clinton…
Public Engagement In The Elements
by Christopher Dunne Mother Nature doesn’t care about your community outreach. That’s the impression we’ve gotten this spring from our public engagement efforts around Reimagine RTS, Monroe County’s transit system redesign…
Making The Technical Engaging
By Christopher Dunne and M. André Primus We have a lot of specialized technical knowledge about planning, transportation, and commercial redevelopment between the five of us here at Highland Planning.…
From Brownville, With Gloves (Or Mittens)
by Christopher Dunne We came. We saw. We knocked. Last week my esteemed colleague, Jen Topa, and I made the trek to Brownville, New York, a village of about 6,000…
Beyond the Powerpoint: Summer Engagement Techniques
by Susan Hopkins As New Yorkers, we cherish our summers. As planners, we know that summer can be a challenging time to engage communities in planning initiatives. We’re competing with…
Planting Business Association
by M. Andre Primus We are once again working as the Street Liaisons for the NW and SE quadrants of Rochester. As Street Liaisons, we work to increase investment and…
Re:Main Social in Downtown Rochester
by Tanya Zwahlen In 2016, Rochester received a Rose Fellowship, a year-long study to help cities develop and advance land use policies that will stimulate creative, efficient, practical and sustainable policies to…