Comprehensive Planning
Future Land Use Plans
Quality future land use plans rely on a multi-pronged approach that marries community-based vision and priorities with a robust understanding of growth trends, development patterns, policy, and infrastructure. Our team offers unique expertise working with local communities on comprehensive plans, which focus on land use policy and guidance but account for the multidisciplinary nature of planning balanced communities. With each plan, we strive to meet the unique goals of each community as well as local, regional, and state planning goals and standards.
Blue Cypress led the plan update process, including project management, stakeholder and public engagement, implementation planning (with deeper dives into the sustainability and mobility focus areas), and the overall strategy development for a cohesive document. Blue Cypress carried out several engagement strategies to connect with the diverse Brookhaven community. Beyond traditional public meetings, the team also set up pop-up tents to engage with residents at local events with fun and easy participation activities.
Brookhaven Bound for 2044 Comprehensive Plan
Forsyth County hired Blue Cypress Consulting to carry out the five-year update, which included an iterative community engagement process, an assessment of related plans, trends and conditions, an updated Community Character (future development) Map, and a revised implementation plan. Blue Cypress is managed the work and lead updates to the plan framework, all community outreach, and plan documentation as well as oversaw the future land use strategy.
Foster Forsyth 2022 Comprehensive Plan Update
Blue Cypress led the update of the Comprehensive Plan, which consisted of an Existing Conditions and Trends Assessment, Visioning, Policies and Actions Development, and Plan Documentation and Completion.
This update to the Greene County Comprehensive Plan involved a significant shift from a more traditional future land use plan to a Future Development Map. Doing so allows development patterns to be guided by designated character areas, as opposed to the piecemeal approach of assigning each parcel its own land use.
Greene County Comprehensive Plan Update
Small Area Studies
An important part of our work focuses on planning efforts that advance location specific goals, solutions, and partnerships. In small area planning, we collaborate with partners who specialize in real estate expertise, urban design, and mobility to develop action focused plans with the right expertise. Blue Cypress services include project management, stakeholder engagement, zoning policy, housing needs, and visioning.
Blue Cypress partnered with the Town of Tyrone to create a master plan for Town Center that focused on open space, connectivity and access, compatible development, and design. Leading the public engagement and land use planning sections of this master plan, Blue Cypress used multiple approaches, including creative in-person events with user-friendly web-based input opportunities.
Tyrone Town Center
Master Plan
Blue Cypress led the public and stakeholder engagement as well as the zoning and land use recommendations for the planning effort. Community engagement included a series of stakeholder interviews and two rounds of interactive public meetings held virtually. Blue Cypress identified appropriate rezoning
classifications as well as other zoning variances to remove barriers to development and facilitate appropriate
conditions for rezonings. The final plan recommends policies and actions to align private investment with the
community’s vision.
Windsor-Osborne
Small Area Plan
Blue Cypress led public and stakeholder engagement, contributed to project management, and land use and zoning analysis. The planning team held virtual and in-person meetings, prepared zoning analysis and associated content for technical memorandum, and completed review of land use plans and policy and delivered associated content for technical memorandum.
Atlanta's The Stitch Civic Center Station Planning Study
Implementation Support
Through decades of experience, we understand how to improve current conditions to achieve vision and goals. We are knowledgeable in identifying gaps and making recommendations for zoning, housing policy, sustainable development, and future land use policy.
The Zoning Code Rewrite was a significant undertaking to modernize and streamline the City’s land development regulations. Blue Cypress supported the Clarion-led team with community engagement as well as technical analysis related to sustainability and resiliency planning.
Charleston Zoning Rewrite
Blue Cypress provided services to assist the City of Winston-Salem with a multi-year Collection System Improvement Program (CSIP) as part of a multi-disciplinary team. In 2015, the team was hired to conduct an Optimization Assessment, which focused on Capacity Assessment; CCTV; Cleaning; Condition Assessment; Fats, Oils, & Grease (FOG); Lift Stations; Management; and Planning & Scheduling.
Winston-Salem Easement Work
Atlanta's The Stitch Master Plan
Blue Cypress is a part of the multi-year planning support contract for The Stitch, a transformative infrastructure project in the heart of Downtown Atlanta. Blue Cypress led the land use, zoning, and affordable housing components of the Master Plan. As a part of this work, Blue Cypress coordinated zoning needs and opportunities with the City of Atlanta Office of Zoning, including its ongoing Zoning 2.0 initiative. Blue Cypress also led the analysis and recommendations for affordable housing goals, policy, and programmatic initiatives.