Category: Planning

At DTJ, we believe meaningful community planning begins with authentic engagement tailored to each community's unique needs. From pop-up events to multilingual outreach, our recent Colorado projects show how inclusive, interactive strategies drive better outcomes.

Erie’s Parks, Recreation, Open Space, and Trails (PROST) Strategic Plan aims to create a balanced and sustainable parks and recreation system that meets community needs and supports future growth. Through inclusive community input, the plan fosters a thriving environment for all residents with equitable access to programs, facilities, and amenities.

Dacono's City Center Vision Plan is the blueprint for a vibrant new downtown with an active Main Street, connected parks, and walkable neighborhoods. This plan truly represents the voice of the entire Dacono community, developed through an extensive community engagement process that included multigenerational, bilingual, and cultural community needs.

Gilpin County Colorado’s first Comprehensive Plan positions the county proactively for development that is imminent in a county just 45 minutes outside the City of Denver. This required an integrated planning process to prepare a plan that directs development to be fiscally responsible and environmentally sustainable, while reflecting the community’s preferences to retain the county’s rural, mountain character...

Once the site of a candy manufacturer, The Ridge at Ward Station, developed by Toll Brothers, establishes an infill townhome community within steps of the Wheat Ridge Ward Station, light rail station.

Innovative technology can be a powerful tool in the Design Consultant’s arsenal, providing Clients the means to view and understand Design Solutions unlike ever before.

Sites are smaller, and buyers expect an urban lifestyle – even in suburban locations.  This can be achieved through a mix of higher-density products, varied streetscapes and purposeful open spaces.  On the surface, these are familiar goals.  So how can volume builders and developers mix housing to match the pace of their business plans? Prior…

Is Your Master Plan Healthy? Policies that Shape Today’s Communities Do you wonder if food will become a metric that municipalities will use to guide future development patterns and lands uses? It appears that 2 topics have collided to shape land use policies in metropolitan areas – access to healthy food and physical activities. Access…

DTJ can bring the emotional power of story-telling to work on your project Communities that evoke powerful emotions in buyers out-perform typical subdivisions in sales price and sales pace.  Creating community stories brings the communities to life and allows buyers to visualize themselves in the community cementing that emotion.  Much more than visioning, these stories…

A Planning process that fully understands built architecture and product design, integrated site design and landscape architecture, is an added benefit. DTJ’s collaborative process enhances a community by: Providing a more cohesive planning and design solution Streamlining coordination between design consultants Fully understanding the complete design process from initial planning to implementation As a trusted…

Innovative urban solutions provide a strategic advantage for developers. Successful infill neighborhoods create an urban oasis – maximizing the value of small, prized spaces within the context of higher density environments.  These types of spaces which are suitable for urban densities can also have a positive impact within densified fringe locations. DTJ’s integrated approach, emerging from…

Quick and cost effective planning studies provide insight into project potential.  DTJ’s extensive experience in a wide variety of projects and proven, market-driven product prototypes, gives us the unique ability to offer our clients a cost effective initial planning strategy. Such studies provide information needed to make strategic and informed decisions without investing substantial time and…

DTJ has been successful in obtaining development approvals for over 200,000 homes in 300 communities spread across 41 states and 15 countries.  Our targeted approval strategies and beneficial relationships with City agencies can reduce the time from design to implementation. Based on our extensive (and beautiful) project portfolio many developers, builders and City staff think…

  Planning for the Bottom Line Planning pays, it doesn’t cost.  Experienced developers understand that cost-effective infrastructure and competitive fees benefit the bottom line.  DTJ’s planning services are targeted to achieve your goals. We recognize that the appropriate level of capital investment is critical for all types of development. Strategic planning actually results in cost…