Creating places that connect people to their communities
Parks, trails, greenways, and recreational spaces make communities better places to live. They connect neighborhoods, create opportunities to get outside, improve access to natural areas, and turn underused spaces into places people value.
Hollaway works alongside cities, counties, engineers, landscape architects, and communities to help bring these projects to life.
Our experience includes greenways, hike-and-bike trails, pedestrian bridges, parks, restoration projects, and recreational amenities. We help teams understand environmental considerations early, navigate permitting and environmental review, engage the people who will use these spaces, and communicate the vision in ways that make it easier for communities to participate in shaping them.
Our Capabilities
Natural + Water Resources
Our scientists help project teams understand the natural resources within and surrounding parks, trails, greenways, and recreational spaces and navigate the environmental requirements associated with developing improvements near sensitive areas.
- Wetland and stream delineations
- Clean Water Act Section 404 and Section 10 permitting support
- Protected species surveys
- Migratory bird, eagle, and freshwater mussel surveys
- Mitigation planning and coordination
- State and federal agency coordination
- Ecosystem restoration support
- Field investigations and technical documentation
Environmental Planning + NEPA
We help parks, trails, and recreation teams identify environmental considerations early and develop clear, defensible documentation to support planning, project development, environmental review, and decision-making.
- Feasibility and environmental constraints studies
- NEPA documentation (Categorical Exclusions, Environmental Assessments, and Environmental Impact Statements)
- Section 4(f) evaluations
- Section 106 and cultural resources coordination
- Socioeconomic and community impact analyses
- GIS and environmental data analysis
Public Involvement + Stakeholder Engagement
The people who use parks, trails, and recreational spaces often know them best. We help clients bring that local knowledge into the planning process, understand community priorities, and create meaningful opportunities for people to help shape the places they use.
- Public involvement, communications, and engagement strategies
- Messaging and branding development
- Stakeholder identification
- Community and neighborhood outreach
- Public meetings, workshops, and open houses
- Virtual and hybrid engagement
- Community surveys and interactive engagement
- Elected official and agency briefings
- Multilingual community engagement
- Public comment management and documentation
Creative + Digital Communications
Parks, trails, and recreational spaces are inherently visual. Our creative team helps communities see what is possible, understand how proposed improvements connect to the places around them, and participate more meaningfully in the planning process.
- Project websites and digital engagement platforms
- Interactive mapping and informational presentations
- Project videos and animations
- Drone photography and project documentation
- Public meeting and workshop exhibits
- Infographics, fact sheets, project collateral, and educational materials
- Project branding and visual identity
Build on the Enthusiasm
People tend to have opinions about the places where they walk, run, bike, play, gather, and spend time outdoors—and that is a good thing.
Unlike projects where public engagement may begin with concern or opposition, parks and recreation projects often start with people genuinely excited about what is possible. We help clients build on that enthusiasm.
Through public meetings, workshops, mapping, visualizations, surveys, and other engagement tools, Hollaway helps communities understand what is being considered and contribute the local knowledge and ideas that can make a good project even better.
At the same time, our environmental team helps identify the natural resources within these spaces and navigate the requirements that come with building trails, bridges, and amenities near bayous, wetlands, waterways, and other sensitive areas.
The result is a process that considers both the place being created and the environment around it.