Connecticut Planning and Development, LLC

Connecticut Planning and Development, LLC (CPD) is an innovative and experienced planning and development consulting firm offering a variety of consulting services to municipal, nonprofit, and for profit organizations. Based on Mr. Poland’s specific areas of expertise, CPD utilizes a unique approach to planning, development, and neighborhood reinvestment issues. This approach is based on the spatial and geographic principals of urban and economic geography. CPD approaches projects with an open mind and honest assessment of market conditions, land use planning principals, and regulatory requirements.

CPD consulting services focus on, but are not limited to, five related areas of planning expertise: Land Use Planning and Development Applications, Municipal Planning, Neighborhood Reinvestment and Healthy Neighborhood Strategies, Non-Profit Management and Government Relations, and Planning and Housing Policy.

• Land Use Planning & Development Applications: CPD provides expert advice and testimony related to land use applications for site plans, special permits, subdivisions, and zoning amendments. Services include project and property assessments, regulatory reviews, consistency with plans of conservation and development, written testimony, and expert testimony at public meetings and hearings.
• Neighborhood Reinvestment and Healthy Neighborhood Strategies: Utilizing neighborhood assets and a market based approach CPD provides a range of services to improve neighborhoods. These services are based on the Healthy Neighborhoods approach to neighborhood reinvestment and include neighborhood assessments, neighborhood plans, neighborhood investment strategies, and program development and implementation strategies.

• Municipal Planning: CPD provides planning and land use services for municipalities. These include expert advice, special projects, regulation reviews and amendment, third party project reviews, and policy strategies.
• Non-Profit Management and Government Relations: CPD provides a number of services to non-profit organizations related to program development, strategy implementation, government relations, and grant writing.
• Planning and Housing Policy: CPD provides expertise for policy related to planning, housing, smart growth and smart codes. Services include drafting policy, issues assessments, and expert opinions and testimony.

CPD can tailor services to meet the specific needs of clients. CPD is associated with a network of nationally recognized expert consultants specializing in neighborhoods, GIS and data analysis, economic development, public relations, and marketing. This provides CPD the ability to assemble the required experts for a given project and ensure the highest quality of service is provided.

CPD consulting services are provided on an hourly, daily, and/or project basis. To learn more about CPD or to retain CPD for services, contact Donald Poland, AICP at 860-655-6897.

Connecticut Planning and Development Consulting Overview 2008 (44K PDF)