We work to reduce the negative effects of sprawl. Conservation Design reduces the costs of infrastructure improvements, environmental compliance, and long-term maintenance and services.
We help municipalities, design professionals, and developers protect important farmland, woodlands, wetlands, and other natural and community resources by promoting and designing development in the most appropriate locations.
We prioritize conservation objectives in land development, rather than relying on mathematical zoning formulas to shape development.
We design conceptual sketch plans, review land development plan submissions, and offer alternative design approaches.
We also prepare the regulatory amendments often necessary to permit the Conservation Design approach and recommend specific conditions of development plan approval.