Chazen’s team of certified planners and licensed engineers specialize in delivering a wide range of services to dozens of municipal planning, zoning, and Town and Village Boards throughout the Hudson Valley, Capital District and North Country. We succeed in providing relevant, timely and accessible information to support sound local decision making to responsibly guide development and infrastructure improvements, and manage environmental resources. Our approach is to carefully listen to our clients’ needs, to help define the community’s goals and objectives, and to identify institutional, environmental and stakeholder challenges. This enables us to craft a plan and a team of professionals to meet the client’s needs. On-going client communications are central to successful project completion and ensure that high quality services are delivered on time, on budget, on point. The result is a customized approach and successful project completion.
Community Planning & Design
- Public Participation & Visioning Processes
- Creative Comprehensive Planning & Zoning Strategies
- Community Design Standards & Performance Zoning
- Development Review & SEQRA Support Assistance
- In-House Support for Municipal Planning & Engineering Staff
- Natural Resource Inventories & Regional Open Space Plans
- Sustainable Groundwater Planning Studies
- Transportation Planning & Traffic Engineering
- Geographic Information Systems
- Grant Writing & Assistance
Infrastructure Planning & Design
- Water Supply, Treatment, Storage & Distribution System Design
- Wastewater Collection, Pump Station, Treatment Facility & Discharge Design
- Capital Planning Assistance for Special Districts
- Stormwater Management Evaluation & Design
- Stormwater Programs, Ordinances & Phase II Compliance
- EIS & SEQR documentation for municipal infrastructure projects
