czb partners with local governments, nonprofit organizations, and neighborhood groups working to improve their communities in the areas of planning, economic vitality, neighborhood health, and housing market balance.
Our clients aspire to deal in the facts that define opportunities, understand the forces that drive politics, and make informed decisions even when it’s difficult.
No matter where you are starting, we can help.
Planning and Design
Neighborhood Revitalization
Housing Analysis and Strategy
Affordability, Gentrification, and Equity
Public and Small Group Facilitation
Resident Leadership Development
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Explore all of our work with cities, towns, and regions across the country.
High Point is one of three major cities in North Carolina's Piedmont Triad region, along with Greensboro and Winston-Salem. Given High Point's location and relationship to its neighboring cities, it must think regionally when it comes to its economy, housing market, and commercial development context, while also specifically dealing with issues that are hyper-local. Balancing regional realities and locally controlled opportunities was key to setting an effective vision for High Point 2045.
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High Point 2045 Comprehensive Plan
Greenville's new land management ordinance will be the first major effort to implement GVL2040, a pro-growth comprehensive plan (also by czb) that prioritizes land preservation, affordable housing, and multi-modal transportation. To help facilitate progress on these priorities, Greenville's new code will increase the predictability of development processes, enable greater development densities in selected nodes, and clarify the connection between Greenville's emerging urban form and the achievement of its long-range vision.
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Progress on vacant and abandoned housing in Baltimore has been notable in recent years, but stubbornly high concentrations of vacant buildings in neighborhoods with weak demand and high poverty threaten to stall further progress. A new approach is needed that shifts the focus from resolving vacancy to making entire groups of blocks healthy and more resistent to future vacancy.
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Reclaiming Vacant Property Throughout Baltimore
- Alan Mallach | Senior Fellow, Center for Community Progress
Experience. Humility. Curiosity.
These are the cornerstones of the partnership we forge with our clients, where we learn as much from the community as it learns from us. Meet our team, see what services we can provide, and learn what it’s like to work with us.
Our work is often in the news and we’ve also got a few thoughts of our own.
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Syracuse lawmakers approve housing strategy targeting investment in middle-income areas
September 3, 2024
Summer 2024
Fargo Growth Plan 2024 approved by city commission
August 19, 2024
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