Strategic Planning
Targeted solutions for community issues
Taintor & Associates has prepared strategic plans addressing challenges such as economic development, open space and recreation, growth management, affordable housing, downtown revitalization, and tourism marketing efforts. We strive for innovation and excellence in a range of community planning and development skills. Our strengths include community participation, growth management and land use regulation, and economic development.Downtowns and Neighborhood Business Areas
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Newburyport, Massachusetts,
Strategic Land Use Plan (2004). Taintor & Associates, in association with Dodson Associates, assisted the city of Newburyport, Massachusetts, in the preparation of a Strategic Land Use Plan for a 1500-acre area in the southern portion of the city. The plan combines protection of an extensive green corridor in the upper watershed of the Little River, infill development in the City's existing industrial park, and creation of a transit-oriented mixed-use development around a commuter rail station. Implementation will require the adoption of innovative zoning mechanisms as well as open space acquisition by public and private partners. The Strategic Land Use Plan received the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Planning Association's 2004 award for Outstanding Comprehensive Plan. |
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Quinsigamond Village Revitalization Strategy - Blackstone River Valley Northern Gateway Project (2001). Taintor & Associates, in collaboration with the landscape architecture firm of Gates, Leighton & Associates, Inc., assisted the City of Worcester and the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor (a unit of the National Park Service) in preparing an Action Plan [PDF, 12.9 MB] for revitalization of the Quinsigamond Village neighborhood. Quinsigamond Village is an historic industrial neighborhood of Worcester, located at the beginning of the Blackstone River. The Massachusetts Highway Department is upgrading Route 146, which passes along the eastern edge of the Village; and the City and the National Heritage Corridor plan to develop a Visitors Center for the Corridor in Quinsigamond Village. The Action Plan presents specific recommendations to capitalize on these investments in order to achieve economic development and enhancement of the neighborhood as a place to live, work and visit. The City of Worcester is using this Action Plan as a guide in negotiating with the State on specific improvements, and in planning for the broader “Canal District” of which Quinsigamond is a part. |
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Franklin, NH, Vision 2000: Downtown Revitalization Strategy (2000) |
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Cranston Street Revitalization Strategy - Cranston, RI (1998) Prepared a revitalization strategy for a 1.5-mile segment of a major commercial arterial in the City of Cranston. The area is a mix of public buildings, several major businesses, residential areas, smaller scale commercial establishments, and several sites with significant development potential. The project resulted in recommendations for streetscape improvements, zoning changes, public improvements, and guidelines for appropriate business development and redevelopment. |
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Kelley's Corner Specific Area Plan - Acton, MA (1995) Assisted the town of Acton to prepare a plan focusing on land use and regulatory changes designed to promote appropriate economic growth in Kelley’s Corner and in several nearby locations along Route 2. The Plan also addresses strategies for managing the impacts of development, including traffic and pedestrian circulation and wastewater generation; and evaluates alternative mechanisms and strategies for promoting economic development. The town adopted zoning changes recommended by the planning process, and subsequently developed a detailed circulation plan. |
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Business Area Design Guidelines - Carver, MA (1997) |
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Great Woods Area Land Use Study - Mansfield, MA (1994) Land use study of the southwest quadrant of Mansfield, bounded by Interstate 495 and State Route 140 and centered on the Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts. Issues included build-out under existing zoning, protection of wetlands, and regulating commercial development along local and regional collector roads. |
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Strategic Planning Project - Revere, MA (1993) |
Commercial Corridor Management Plans
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Route 11 Corridor Strategy - Rochester, NH (1998) |
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Route 6 Business
Land Use Study - Marion, MA (1996) |
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Route 139 Corridor Build-Out Analysis -
Marshfield, MA (1994) |
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Route 126 Corridor Study - Ashland, MA
(1993) |
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Golden Triangle Plan -
Framingham & Natick, MA (1989) |
Open Space & Recreation Planning
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Dover, NH (1998) |
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Dedham, MA (1998) |
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Framingham, MA (1998) |
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Berlin, MA (1997) |
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Wellesley, MA (1993) |