South Clinton Goes Batty 2
Our second annual South Clinton Goes Batty event was bigger and better than last year. The purpose of the event is to highlight our businesses and provide fun and entertainment for…
Fair House Choice in New York State
by Tanya Zwahlen For the past eight weeks, we've been conducting public outreach for New York's Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (or "AI," for short). We've facilitated 17…
Clean Sweeping the City of Rochester
by Tanya Zwahlen and Jen Topa On Saturday, May 2, 2015, Highland Planning took part in another successful Clean Sweep event. For the past few years, as part of our Street…
New Home of Highland Planning
by Tanya Zwahlen It's April, the snow has melted, and we are settled into our new office at 820 South Clinton Avenue. I need to share photos before I spill…
New Approaches to Public Participation
By Tanya Zwahlen Last week, I took a five day training from the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) in Toronto. IAP2 is a member-based organization that is passionate about developing the practice…
Recruiting and Supporting Small Businesses
Today we facilitated a meeting on behalf of the City of Rochester aimed at recruiting viable businesses to South Clinton Avenue and Monroe Avenue. The task of developing a “business…
Walkability Audits in Finger Lakes Communities
Over the past few months, we've been working with the Genesee Transportation Council (GTC) and a great team of consultants to organize walkability audits in ten communities in the Genesee/Finger Lakes region. Our consultant team is…
South Clinton Goes Batty Update
We lucked out. October 25th was a windy, but warm autumn day. And our first ever "South Clinton Goes Batty" event was a big success. OVERVIEW OF EVENTS The event…
USDA Awards Grant to Headwater Foods
We are excited to announce that our client, Headwater Foods, is the recipient of a $75,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG) grant. This spring, we collaborated…
Destination Monroe Avenue
Last Wednesday, one of the Monroe Avenue merchants I work with -- Jim DeLuca from Abundance Coop -- and I attended a breakfast and presentation called “Destination Main Street.” The event was…