Community Redevelopment Plans
Preparing a Comprehensive, Strategic, or Master Plan for any community requires a talented team with multi-disciplinary expertise and experience in land use planning, urban design, transportation, economics and demographics, land use regulations and implementation strategies, and public involvement techniques. ILER PLANNING has extensive experience assisting a diverse range of communities throughout Florida in the preparation of feasible, successful, and innovative plans.
All communities are different; as such, not all plans are the same. IP’s planning strategies vary as widely as the types of communities and the issues that they face. IP’s vast knowledge of all facets of land-use planning provides clients with the most experienced professionals available for developing these important plans.
IP works collaboratively with its clients and the community to integrate the principles of sound planning, creative design, and public involvement in its plans. Combined with years of experience and unique expertise, this approach enables ILER PLANNING to achieve feasible solutions and effective planning.
Green Planning
As urban areas expand, communities need to preserve open lands and environmentally sensitive areas, and mitigate environmental impacts related to development. IP develops land preservation strategies and Green Master Plans for communities and municipalities throughout Florida. Green Design and Carbon Neutrality are essential components of sustainable planning, and are used by the most cutting-edge communities to help combat global warming. Through incorporation of Green Design and Carbon Neutral strategies, IPG develops the objectives, policies, and regulations required to make its clients leaders in global visioning and sustainable planning.
Environmental Protection & Open Space
As urban areas expand, communities need to preserve open lands and environmentally sensitive areas, and mitigate environmental problems related to development. ILER PLANNING has developed land preservation strategies and green plans for many communities and municipalities throughout Florida.
Growth Management
Leaders of progressive communities understand that growth carries great opportunities and grave risks. Growth can bring a city more revenue, added job opportunities, and a diversity of residents. However, if growth is not managed thoughtfully, incredible financial burdens on a city’s budget may occur. IP has worked with numerous communities to identify the effects of growth and to write plans and regulations to minimize negative impacts and proactively prepare for the future.
Urban Design
ILER PLANNING’s creative design process has resulted in the development of innovative urban and populated spaces, providing each area with impressive and functional design elements. IP’s approach to urban design focuses on providing walkable, pedestrian-oriented environments that make the best use of space. ILER PLANNING is involved in all scales of projects, including architectural design guidelines, facade improvement programs, as well as downtown and main street improvement projects.
Zoning and Land Development Regulations
To revise existing regulations or to develop new ones, a community must draw on the experience of a firm that can assemble information into a creative and sound legal document. ILER PLANNING provides the full range of expertise needed to build effective and feasible regulations. Since the firm was founded in 1995, IP has written plans and drafted ordinances and regulations for dozens of communities throughout Florida.
Charrettes and Community Visioning
The IP charrette process combines creative, intense work sessions with public workshops and design studio open houses. The charrette itself, usually lasting four to seven days, is a series of meetings and design sessions that would normally take weeks or months to complete. The rapid pace encourages participants to abandon usual working patterns and think outside the box. Based upon public visioning during a charrette, IP reviews, critiques, and refines design ideas and then presents them to the community. The open review process quickly builds trust in the community and fosters a real understanding of the unique situations faced. ILER PLANNING’s focus on feasibility brings a level of seriousness and rigor to the process for all participants.