Planning

Long before a project moves into design, communities and project teams are making decisions about where to invest, how to grow, what to protect, and what the future should look like.

Hollaway helps bring the information—and the people—needed to make those decisions.

We work alongside cities, counties, planning organizations, engineers, landscape architects, and communities on comprehensive plans, corridor and area studies, resilience planning, site selection, feasibility studies, and other long-range planning efforts.

Our environmental team helps identify the natural, physical, and regulatory considerations that can shape what is possible. Our communications team brings stakeholders and communities into the process. And our creative team turns technical information, alternatives, and ideas into tools people can actually understand and use.

Environmental Planning + Constraints Analysis

We help planning teams understand the environmental, physical, and regulatory conditions that can influence where and how future projects move forward—before alternatives become difficult or expensive to change.

• Feasibility and environmental constraints studies
• Existing conditions and environmental resource assessments
• Site and corridor alternatives analysis
• Regulatory and permitting considerations
• Socioeconomic and community analysis
• Land use and development considerations
• GIS and environmental data analysis
• State and federal agency coordination

Natural + Water Resources

Our scientists help planning teams understand the natural systems and sensitive resources within a study area so they can be considered early in long-range plans, site selection, alternatives development, and future project decisions.

• Wetland and stream assessments
• Protected species and habitat assessments
• Water resource considerations
• Floodplain and watershed considerations
• Environmental field investigations
• Ecosystem and conservation opportunities
• GIS and environmental data analysis
• Regulatory and resource agency coordination

Public Involvement + Stakeholder Engagement

Planning works best when the people who know a community are part of shaping what comes next. We help clients create inclusive, meaningful engagement that brings local knowledge, priorities, concerns, and ideas into the planning process.

• Public involvement, communications, and engagement strategies
• Stakeholder identification and mapping
• Community, business, and property owner outreach
• Public meetings, workshops, and open houses
• Community surveys and interactive engagement
• Focus groups and stakeholder interviews
• Elected official and agency briefings
• Multilingual community engagement
• Public comment management and documentation

Creative + Digital Communications

Plans can involve years of data, analysis, alternatives, and ideas about a future that does not yet exist. Our creative team turns that information into clear visual tools that help people understand choices, compare alternatives, and participate more meaningfully in the planning process.

• Project websites and digital engagement platforms
• Interactive mapping, StoryMaps, and informational presentations
• Alternatives and concept visualization
• Project videos and animations
• Public meeting and workshop exhibits
• Infographics, fact sheets, plan documents, and educational materials
• Project branding and visual identity

Understand the Place Before Planning What Comes Next

Maps and data can tell us a lot about a place, but they cannot tell us everything.

Good planning requires understanding environmental conditions, infrastructure, regulatory constraints, and development patterns. It also requires listening to the people who know a community best.

Hollaway brings those perspectives together early.

We help planning teams identify environmental constraints and opportunities before ideas become difficult or expensive to change, while creating meaningful ways for residents, businesses, agencies, elected officials, and other stakeholders to share what they know and help shape what comes next.

The result is better information for the people making decisions…and a clearer, more inclusive process for the communities those decisions will affect.