Community Preservation and Planning
 
 

Empowering People. Creating Community.

Community Preservation + Planning

 
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All of us are products of community.
It’s our foundation from birth.

Healthy, equitable, inclusive communities nurture and ground us. Community shapes who we are and the opportunities we have in life. 

Community planning helps promote healthy, equitable, and inclusive places. Progress can be challenging because it requires change. But change at any cost is not the goal of planning. 

The best planning, the most progressive planning, honors built and natural assets. Planning, together with preservation, reinforces community identity, fosters balance, and creates sustainable places.

 
 
 

Planning for communities that strive for authenticity, equity, and sustainability


 

Founded by certified community planner Jenn Goldson in 2006, JMG has provided community planning services to countless municipalities and non-profit organizations in the Northeast U.S. and beyond. Our holistic approach combines deep community engagement, data-driven technical expertise, and a strong knowledge of possibilities for progressive public policies.

Learn more about our story and our values.

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Ways We Can Help Your Community

 
 
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Land Use Planning and Visioning

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Community Preservation Planning

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Spatial Analytics and Data Visualization

 
 
 


serving our clients WELL

 

We create vibrant, authentic, and equitable communities that are proud of who they are and excited by what they can achieve. With every collaboration, we promise a hopeful vision and a well considered path toward your desirable future.

 
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“Your work was superior in every regard. You are one of the most competent professionals I’ve had the pleasure of working with and a darn nice person to boot.”

- TOWN OF NORWOOD, Director of Community Planning and Economic Development

 
 
 
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Meet your LEAD planner:

Jenn Goldson

Hi, I’m Jenn. I love helping communities navigate the often messy process of planning. It’s not quite like making sausages, but some would say it’s close. My team and I work collaboratively with local officials including professional planners and local board/committee members to: 

  • Understand the forces of change affecting your community and how smart policies and strategic actions can leverage these forces

  • Identify opportunities to welcome diversity and be inclusive

  • Discover what makes your community authentic and how to preserve and celebrate that authenticity

  • Implement meaningful public engagement and build local excitement for your planning project

As a planner with a specialized background in historic preservation and a career path that drew me to work on local housing and development policies, I would love to help you find the best balance for your community.

Learn more about our team

 
 
 

 Ready FOR NEXT STEPS?

Together, let’s make a difference in your community.

 
 
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