This morning, our team facilitated a session at the Upstate APA Conference in Rochester, New York entitled "This Meeting Could Have Been an Email." Our objective was to share ideas that make…
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…
By Susan Hopkins AICP Service providers, elected officials, and members of the public meet to discuss housing needs and solutions in Washington County, NY. Last summer and fall, we teamed…
By Tanya Zwahlen As past blog posts suggest, I have a love of portmanteaus. Few are as useful as this one from the world of behavioral economics and management science: “satisficing.”…
by Christopher Dunne We’re excited to announce that we are officially certified as a Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) in the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts! As some of you may know,…
By Susan Hopkins, AICP The Highland Team was out in full force last week at the 2018 New York Upstate Chapter American Planning Association (APA) Conference. The conference theme was “Upstate…
by Tanya Zwahlen Last month, the City of Rochester called André and I for help with public engagement on a project related to the relocation of the police station in…
by Tanya Zwahlen Core values are the fundamental beliefs of a person or organization that guide behavior and help people understand the difference between right and wrong. Values reflect who we are,…
by Tanya Zwahlen Last weekend, Jen Topa helped to organize, advertise, and orchestrate a sidewalk painting event on South Clinton Avenue as part of our contract with the City of Rochester…
by Tanya Zwahlen Last week, Sue and I joined 5,700 of our fellow planners in New Orleans for the 2018 National Planning Conference (NPC18). It was great to be in…
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