Each of D&K’s disciplines actively support local, state, and federal projects with significant public process components. Effective projects incorporate publicly solicited local ideas, knowledge, and concerns. Our staff have experience in planning, facilitation, and outreach using a toolbox of innovative and traditional methods, including design charrettes, public forums, focus groups, and mailers. D&K utilizes digital…
The Town and CCRPC wished to explore the feasibility and costs of transforming the Shelburne Village Gateway into a walkable, bikeable, vibrant mixed-use development area. The Gateway is anchored by successful local businesses that draw visitors and generate pedestrian traffic and transit riders. D&K explored opportunities to improve multimodal transportation connectivity. We developed alternatives that…
A recently completed Hazard Mitigation Plan identified flooding as a high risk for the County. Since 1996, approximately 50 flooding events occurred in the County, including flooding from an ice jam in January 2018 and heavy rainfall in August 2018. As a JV team partner, D&K conducted a Supplemental Watershed Plan and Environmental Document (Plan-ED) for…
The goal of the Crescent Connector project was to provide a bypass of the congested Five Corners intersection for south-to-east travelers. The project included complete streets enhancements, parking, an 850-ft segment of new roadway, and 500 ft of roadway enhancement around the east side of Five Corners. D&K served as the lead consultant, designing the…
Charlotte is among the more sparsely populated communities within Chittenden County, Vermont’s most thickly settled region. The community sought a process to review its policies and evaluate options to facilitate increased development and enhance multimodal connectivity and recreation opportunities in ways that were in keeping with the character of the town. D&K conducted targeted stakeholder…
To address impacts from large truck traffic along Main Street/VT 22A in downtown Vergennes, the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) commissioned a Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) study to review options to divert truck traffic around the city. VT 22A carries approximately 750 trucks per day through the urban center. Serving as part of a…
The City of Keene’s Wheelock Park previously included a disused campground open for passive recreation. D&K worked with the city’s Parks and Recreation Department, the Repurposing Committee, the public, and additional stakeholders to coordinate a redesign of the park that is in keeping with the city’s vision to provide lifelong opportunities for active living and…
The Northfield Common had long served as a focal point of the community and a center for gatherings, passive recreation, and events, such as a farmer’s market. The town sought to enhance the space for current and anticipated uses. Through a robust engagement program, D&K worked with town officials, public community members, and abutters to…
Two dams in a park owned by a community association were damaged by storm flows. The lower dam was breached and required design alternatives for its removal; the upper dam had to be evaluated for repairs. D&K reviewed the structural elements of both dams, the retaining wall, and the stream character upstream and downstream. Our…