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Mission


To help communities envision and implement future possibilities while inspiring the public to actively participate in shaping them.

Values

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Community-Focused

We support communities through public sector and public-oriented entities such as municipalities, metropolitan planning organizations, special improvement districts, and civic/nonprofit organizations.

Open-Minded

In a complex and interconnected world, it is important to think outside the lines—to explore beyond typical or customary methods and across discipline boundaries. This is how new ideas and approaches emerge.

People-Focused

Equitable planning starts with engaging and informing residents and other constituencies and clearly communicating expectations and outcomes. We listen carefully to understand community strengths, challenges, values, priorities, and ideas for the future.

Strategy-Minded

Community planning topics are interrelated; they do not live within separate silos. Strategy can link points of connection among topics, inform recommendations, facilitate implementation, and amplify results.

Expertise

EMERGE provides clients with a wide range of urban planning, urban design, and communications expertise.

Core Expertise
Supporting Expertise
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Community Planning & Design

Creating successful places.

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Strategic Planning & Implementation

Planning needs a strategy.

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Public Engagement Strategy

Reaching out by reaching in.

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Branding & Promotions

Capturing the attention of the populace.

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Graphic Design & Cartography

Communicating complexities clearly and cleanly.

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Websites & Social Media

Designing and managing online engagement tools.

Projects

EMERGE combines its Core Expertise and Supporting Expertise for the following project types:

Community Visioning & Comprehensive Plans

Focusing on the future.

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

Planning for Places 

Plans for regions, corridors, neighborhoods, downtowns, transit station areas, industrial districts.

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Sustainability & Resilience Strategy

Ensuring that there will be a future.

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Zoning Codes & Design Guidelines

Coding for quality and economic development.

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EMERGE collaborates with other firms on the following project types, contributing a single area of expertise or a combination of several areas of expertise:

  • Economic Development & Real Estate

    Economic Development Strategies, Housing Studies, Market Analyses, Redevelopment Strategies, Tourism Strategies, Grant Writing

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    Traffic & Transportation

    Bicycle & Pedestrian Plans, Corridor Studies, Complete Streets Strategies / Design Guides, Environmental Graphics / Wayfinding, Mobility & Parking Plans, Traffic Studies 

Clients

EMERGE supports the following types of public-focused clients:

Public Sector

    Metropolitan Planning Organizations / Councils of Government
    Municipalities
    Schools & School Districts
    State & County Government Agencies

Quasi-Public Sector

    Port Authorities
    Special Improvement Districts
    Transit Agencies

Civic/Non-Profit Sector

    Civic Associations
    Community Development Corporations
    Foundations
    Non-Profit Organizations
    Research Institutes

People

Staff
Colleagues
Partners
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Neil Desai

DIRECTOR
AICP NJPP

neil (at) emergecps.com

Welcome! The idea for starting an urban planning firm came about in 2019, but its substance emerged during the solitary days working from home during the height of the pandemic.
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You

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

yourname (at) emerge.com

Do you believe in the Mission and Values of EMERGE? Do you have a wide range of skills? Do you have some entrepreneurial DNA, RNA, or mitochondria? 

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Ayako Muir

ARCHITECTURAL & URBAN DESIGNER

shesbusy (at) emergecps.com

Ayako brings future possibilities to life visually through diagrams, illustrations, and renderings.

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You

EMERGING DIRECTOR

yourname (at) emerge.com

You are an engaging and motivated planner, with several years of experience or more, who can do a little bit of everything.

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Your Firm

YOUR SPECIALTY

based in Anywhere

I frequently turn to partner firms for their expertise in specific areas. If your firm provides expertise in a complementary field and you think we might work well together, let's talk.

Call

+1 (201) 552-3502

Write

connect (at) emergecps.com

Call

+1 (201) 552-3502

Write

connect (at) emergecps.com

EMERGE Community Planning & Strategy LLC