Community Planning & Consulting Group Services

Communities throughout Oakland County have worked hard to create a thriving atmosphere that provides residents and business owners with a quality environment.

The Community Planning and Consulting Group is committed to helping you make your community the best it can be. Our service areas cover Land Use & Zoning, Historic Preservation, Downtown and Commercial Revitalization, and Environmental Stewardship.

The goal of our experienced professionals -- including planners, architects, and landscape architects -- is to understand your community's vision and help you develop the skills and a plan to make that vision a reality.

Core Program Mission Statements

Land Use & Zoning
Prepare and provide land use information to, and zoning and master plan reviews for, Oakland County communities to improve land use coordination and decision-making.

Downtown & Commercial Redevelopment
To maximize the economic potential and to preserve the heritage and sense of place of Oakland County's historic commercial districts by encouraging and facilitating the use of the Main Street Four-Point Approach which emphasizes economic development within the context of historic preservation.

Environmental Stewardship
Prepare and communicate information, plans, and options that promote and facilitate proactive, coordinated, locally-driven conservation of Oakland County's natural environment while supporting sustainable economic growth, development, and redevelopment.

Historic Preservation
Promote the preservation and enhancement of Oakland Countys historical and cultural resources through the preparation and distribution of information and products that encourage sustainable economic growth, development, and redevelopment.

Training Opportunities

As a community leader, you can depend on Oakland County's Community Planning & Consulting Group to offer a variety of training programs designed to enable you to better meet the needs of your community. Training opportunities, available to elected and appointed officials, planning personnel and community employees, cover such topics as Advanced and Basic Planning and Zoning Application.

Empower Your Community

With services that range from recreation and open space planning and redevelopment assistance to zoning and urban design issues, our group works with you to find creative solutions that meet your community's individual needs.

Oakland County's Community Planning & Consulting Group seeks to encourage communities to work together in a joint effort to meet their challenges. This cooperative communication empowers your community to share, grow and maintain its hard-earned reputation for excellence. Our team can meet diverse community needs in such areas as:

• Community/boundary coordination
• Community structure/urban design
• Cost/benefit analysis
• Efficient use of infrastructure
• Environmental considerations (preserving natural environments)
• Historic preservation
• Redevelopment/adaptive reuse
• Transportation/mobility issues

The team provides legislative review of township zoning and master plans and also serves as a resource for community leaders, residents and other professional to equip them with the tools to implement a new process or execute a new procedure.

Note: Assistance in these and other areas often require a selection process and possible waiting period.

For more information about services offered by the Community Assistance team, call Bret Rasegan at 248-858-5445.