For many towns and cities, issues like rising seas and extreme weather are new issues with a steep learning curve. They need help to integrate these issues with traditional planning concerns.
Rivera Consulting is pivoting to deploy its data-driven, deep democracy approach, developed for the world of politics, to urban planning and community development across Massachusetts.
There’s no savior waiting in the wings for Massachusetts’ housing market. Instead, we have to build one ourselves.
Noreen O’Toole spent decades reviewing developers’ proposals as a town planner on the South Shore. Now, she’s putting her experience to work helping communities figure out thorny land use questions and developers move projects through local land use boards.
A little over 100 years ago, Model T cars began rolling off assembly lines, and, though he didn’t invent the process, Henry Ford is often credited with mass production that made cars more affordable – to address a need.
