To meet the increasingly complex challenges that face our communities, WRT planners fulfill many roles—figuratively wearing many “hats.” From top hat innovators to hard hat collaborators, we work closely with clients to understand which roles can best serve their particular needs.
It is the versatility of the WRT staff, coupled with our pioneering planning approach and culture of cooperation and teamwork, that led the American Planning Association to bestow its first ever National Planning Excellence Award for a Planning Firm to WRT. This award recognizes planning firms that have produced bodies of distinguished work influencing the professional practice of planning. We are truly honored and thrilled to accept this award at the 2011 APA National Planning Conference and take our hats off in appreciation to the clients, communities and partners with whom we have worked who have made planning excellence a priority!
WRT principals have been selected to participate in the following educational sessions at the 2011 APA National Planning Conference on April 9-11.
- Sustainable Comprehensive Planning and Systems
This session will reveal Albany’s use of a “systems” approach to integrate sustainability into local comprehensive planning. Cutting-edge strategies for community engagement will be discussed that have developed local definitions of sustainability. - Green City, Clean Waters Plan
As municipalities must evaluate how and where to invest limited infrastructure funding, the Green City, Clean Waters Plan presents an alternative to the standard planning tools with origins in flood protection and maximum release rates. - Planning the Urban Forest Training Workshop
Presented with the U.S. Forest Service, this workshop discusses the economic, environmental, and social benefits of the urban forest at various scales. Opportunities for strategic partnerships at the community level will be examined. - When Public Participation Goes Terribly Wrong
An introspective session that offers a practical checklist to prepare you for the worst, it will highlight case studies from real planning processes and how the problems were overcome.
