We Create Vibrant Communities.
Planning. Engineering. Communications.
Enhancing quality of life.
Cultivating healthier places to live.
Generating private investment.
We help communities plan, design, and promote vibrant Main Streets, destination-quality trails, recreation areas, and tourism products.
By engaging residents and local leaders through compelling storytelling, collecting their best ideas, and building genuine consensus, we create places with purpose.
Latest From The Blog
North Carolina Doubles Down on Trails and Outdoor Recreation
We have finally passed a rubicon in which the majority of leaders recognize quality of life and outdoor recreation as economic development. It’s now about the intangibles — you must create a compelling place to live.
Celebrating Spindale’s Downtown Revitalization Project
This historic textile community has embraced place-making to encourage economic development and position themselves as a primary destination along the 14-mile Thermal Belt Rail-Trail.
McDowell County Tourism Master Plan and Brand Revealed
Our team presented the Destination McDowell Tourism Master Plan and the ‘Blue Ridge Mountain Wonderland’ destination brand concept to McDowell County elected officials and municipal leaders.
Featured Work
Awards
MULTIDISCIPLINARY PLANNING AWARD
NC Planning Association
National Park Service’s Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail Master Plan: brand strategy, public engagement, logo/identity design, photography, video, web development, and plan layout
COMMUNICATIONS AWARD
American Society of Landscape Architects
Northern Peaks Trail Master Plan: brand strategy, public engagement, logo/identity design, photography, video, web development, and plan layout
BEST IMAGE BUILDING CAMPAIGN
North Carolina Main Street
Downtown Lenoir, NC Place Branding Campaign: comprehensive brand study, logo/identity design, and web development
