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22/06/2026

Every planning project begins with the same question: What does this community actually want?

The harder question is: Where do they want it?

Learn more about the power of Plan-Craft to help you gather community input...spatially!

Every planning project begins with the same question: What does this community actually want? The harder question is: Where do they want it? That distinction matters more than most planners realize. A resident who says "we need better lighting" is telling you something.

07/04/2026

It’s tax season, which means everyone is thinking about where their money goes. But how often do people actually see the impact in their own community?

It’s that time of year again. Tax season has a way of making all of us pause and think a little more carefully about where our money is going.

24/03/2026

We all know community voice matters in planning, but why does it still so often feel like an afterthought in practice?

The Soul of a Neighborhood Think about a place in your neighborhood that feels meaningful to you. It might be a corner café where neighbors gather each morning, a small park where children play after school, or a quiet street lined with trees that have witnessed generations come and go.

03/03/2026

We're all feeling overwhelmed by AI lately, but is there an ethical use for it in urban planning?

There's a moment in almost every planning project where the volume of community feedback becomes overwhelming. Hundreds of survey responses.

16/02/2026

What does community engagement look like in the post-pandemic high political tensions world? Increasingly that means taking a more digital approach that's accessible to all.

For decades, in-person community engagement such as town halls, public meetings, and workshops have been the cornerstone of urban planning and public decision-making. These spaces have traditionally served as the primary forum for gathering feedback, building consensus, and shaping projects that aff

15/12/2025

We had a great time last week joining along for an educational bike tour through the future car-free neighborhood of Merwede in Utrecht, and a tour of Houten, one of the first cycling-oriented planned communities in the Netherlands with local resident Kylie van Dam. Thank you to Troy Planning + Design for the invite!

10/12/2025

Plan-Craft now integrates with your ArcGIS Online maps to easily enable gathering community feedback directly in your maps. It's super simple to set up and easy for community members to use!

Plan-Craft now seamlessly integrates with ArcGIS Online Web Maps! Leverage your existing GIS data to empower your community planning projects like never before.

🗺️ What does this mean for you?

-Idea Mapping: Use your ArcGIS Web Maps as base layers for collecting community ideas, overlaying zoning, parcels, or infrastructure data.
-Survey Maps: Embed interactive ArcGIS maps directly into your surveys, allowing respondents to draw, pin, and interact with official GIS layers.
-Document Review: Add dynamic ArcGIS map popups to your documents, providing reviewers with crucial spatial context.
-Community Storytelling: Collect location-based narratives on your ArcGIS Web Maps, blending community voices with authoritative GIS data.
-Project Pages: Showcase planning areas and spatial data by embedding ArcGIS maps directly into your project landing pages.

Simplify setup by just pasting your ArcGIS Web Map ID and instantly power up your community engagement with robust GIS capabilities.

Discover how Plan-Craft with ArcGIS Online can transform your next project.

03/12/2025

What exactly is Plan-Craft? With a free 14-day trial you can try it out for yourself.