Community and Economic Development
Service: Community Planning
TEA is able to provide complete planning services to communities through an experienced
staff. Our staff has completed a range
of planning documents and studies for local, county, and regional governments and
organizations.
The planning services offered through TEA
include:
Comprehensive Land Use: planning for future growth and development of an area
Economic Development: strategies for increasing employment and income
Community Revitalization: focus on downtowns, commercial areas, corridors
Strategic Planning: identification of long-range goals and short-term objectives
Community Visioning: defining desired future vision of a community and identifying
strategies to help get there
Public Participation: techniques to engage stakeholder in the planning process
Trends Analysis: review of key demographic and socioeconomic data
Training for Planning Commissions: program to educate new and existing commission
members on planning issues
Geographic Information Services (GIS): spatial analysis tool for planning applications
Featured Client: Oakland Retail Recruitment Strategy
- Prepared retail market analysis for Oakland, MD to identify gaps in goods and services.
- Developed a retail recruitment strategy targeting identified sectors.
- Developed a retail development strategy for the historic train depot traffic.
