PGAV Planners has been tasked with development code updates for our clients over the past five years, having completed on average one a year since 2015. This work addresses elements of the typical municipal development code such as zoning, subdivision, signage, flood and mitigation/flood plain regulations, among others.
The 2018 APA Bi-State Conference is a gathering of professional planners and planning officials across the Midwest. The 2018 conference takes place October 24-26 at the InterContinental on the Plaza in Kansas City. A group of more than 350 individuals, including professional planners, planning officials, lawyers, architects and developers, are expected to attend.
The City of Vandalia, IL began work on their comprehensive plan with PGAV Planners. The community with support from the Gateway Association of Realtors is examining ways to continue the revitalization of their downtown and plan for future growth of the home of Illinois' oldest capital building.
PGAV Planners has developed a solution for displaying community information in a 3-D, interactive GIS product in which the user can view buildings, terrain, and parcel-level data. Interacting with the data on a new level helps us get to the whole story. An example of this work can be found here. Please contact us to learn more. We’d be happy to help you use this technology to tell your community’s story.
Mike has served on the board for the previous two Illinois Comptrollers - Judy Baar Topinka and Leslie Geissler Munger. Mike also contributed to a Legal Brief on Tax Increment Financing in the October issue of the Illinois Municipal Review.
PGAV Planners is excited to welcome Casey Ryan as the first CityStudioSTL summer fellow. Casey is currently studying for her master’s of architecture degree at Washington University in St. Louis. Throughout her master’s studies, she has become interested in public engagement, social impact, and urban design. Casey will be working with Planners to design a plan for Chouteau Park in the Grove neighborhood, and she is very excited to learn more about urban planning and to implement social impact design principles on a real project.
A leader in economic development studies for around the county, Andy will guide the firm’s marketing and business development efforts and develop strategies for expanding PGAV Planners’ national footprint in his new role.
The Agency is seeking applicants who can operate and manage complex redevelopment activities and identify opportunities for new redevelopment areas. This brochure provides the requirements for the ideal candidate.
PGAV will assist Memphis in searching for a new director for the agency responsible for planning redevelopment projects in the Uptown TIF districts. Read the article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
PGAV in partnership with SWT, Urban Harvest STL, PlaceMatters, and Knox College created a Pollinator Parklet for the 2017 New Partners for Smart Growth Conference. Parklets are small urban parks often created by replacing parking spots with ideas to increase communal and vegetated space. Our parklet included a greenhouse, native pollinator plants, and a bike-powered smoothie machine.
