Replacing a 25-year-old plan with a data-backed roadmap for 130,500 residents
Town of Amherst
A remote delivery pod built the Town's 2025 Comprehensive Plan - a 25-year roadmap for infrastructure, housing, mobility, and climate resilience - replacing an outdated 2000 framework with GIS-backed spatial analysis, ADA-compliant and multilingual public engagement platforms, and interactive dashboards that let municipal staff and elected officials track indicators and communicate findings across all six challenge domains.
Challenge
The Town's planning framework dated back to 2000 and could no longer address aging infrastructure, housing demand, transportation modernization, climate resilience, or the need for ADA-compliant, multilingual public participation across six challenge domains.
Solution
A remote delivery pod built the 2025 Comprehensive Plan: GIS-backed spatial analysis and demographic assessments, ADA-compliant and multilingual digital engagement platforms, and interactive planning dashboards giving municipal staff and elected officials a shared, evidence-based view of growth corridors and indicators.
Outcomes
- 25-year strategic framework replacing the 2000 baseline
- Inclusive, accessible participation from all 130,500+ residents
- GIS and spatial intelligence tools for growth-corridor visualization
- Full governance framework and implementation toolkit delivered
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