Current and Recent Projects
Redevelopment and Innovation District Strategy
Client: Rhode Island 195 Commission, Providence, Rhode Island
Working with the Global Institute for Innovation Districts and LeVass Ventures, WFG is engaged in an effort to help Rhode Island’s 195 Commission – created after the state moved part of 195 and opened up land – reposition its efforts for maximum economic development benefit for Rhode Island.
Economic Development Alignment
Client: City of Chattanooga, Tennessee
Working with PFM, WFG assisted the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Hamilton County, Tennessee, to assess their current arrangement of economic development organizations and responsibilities and create greater alignment among those organizations.
University District Chula Vista Financing Plan
Client: Chula Vista, California
Working with PFM, WFG is working with the state-chartered South County Higher Education Planning Task Force to identify financing options for a proposed multi-institution higher education campus in Chula Vista, a large city adjacent to San Diego.
Downtown Economic Strategy
Client: Bellaire, Texas
Working with LeVass Ventures and HR&A, WFG helped craft a new economic strategy for the Downtown area in the affluent Houston suburb of Bellaire.
Economic Development Strategic Tools
Client: Denton, Texas
Working with Mend Collaborative, WFG provided expertise on Texas economic development tools available to the City of Denton, Texas, focusing on how to use these tools in conjunction with one another to implement a new Downtown Master Plan. Click here for this report
Economic Development Strategic Plan
Client: Moorepark, California
Working with PFM Consulting Group, WFG took the day-to-day lead in the preparation of the first-ever Economic Development Strategic Plan for the City of Moorpark, a community near Los Angeles with both a strong residential community and a strong base of advanced manufacturing companies. Click here for this report
Economic Development Strategic Plan
Client: Port Hueneme, California
Working with PFM Consulting Group, WFG took the day-to-day lead in the preparation of the first-ever Economic Development Strategic Plan for the City of Port Hueneme, home to both the Port of Hueneme and Naval Base Ventura County, the largest employment base in Ventura County.
Economic Development Role and Revenue Streams
Client: Rally Austin (formerly Austin Economic Development Corporation)
Working with PFM Consulting Group, WFG is providing organizational and development expertise in assisting Rally Austin, a Texas local government corporation formerly known as the Austin Economic Development Corporation, clarify its role as a public real estate developer and asset manager and identifying associated revenue streams.
Housing
Housing Market Study
Client: Cayuga County, New York
Working with czbLLC, WFG is working to identify housing demand and supply issues in Cayuga County, New York (Auburn), associated with changing conditions due in large part to the construction of a major Micron semiconductor plant in nearby Onondaga County.
Housing Impact Fund For Spokane, Washington
Client: LISC
Working with LISC, the national community development nonprofit, WFG is assisting civic and community groups in Spokane, Washington, to create a Housing Impact Fund.
Housing Impact Fund For Houston
Client: A Major Philanthropy
Working for a major philanthropy in Houston, WFG conducted a nationwide scan of Housing Impact Funds to determine what structure would work best for the Houston region.
San Diego Housing Entitlement Reforms
Client: UC Berkeley Terner Center for Housing Innovation
WFG prepared a report and summary of recent housing entitlement reforms in the City of San Diego, which have provided the basis for a significant increase in housing production in the city.
Land Use and Transportation
Long Range Plan
Client: Westchase District, Houston Texas
Working with Asakura Robinson, WFG is working on economic development and landowner aspects of a new long-range plan for the Westchase District in West Houston. WFG is especially focused on updating deed restrictions in the district to accommodate more urban-style development.
Growth and Fiscal Projections
Client: North Port, Florida
Working with PFM Consulting Group, WFG provided development and land use expertise in assisting North Port, Florida, forecast future growth and assess the fiscal impact of a new land development code designed to facilitate the transition from an almost exclusively single-family community to a city with more mixed-use and industrial development.
Parking Analysis for Downtown Albuquerque
Client: Albuquerque Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency
Working with Toole Design, WFG is providing professional expertise in assessing demand and supply for parking in Downtown Albuquerque, along with innovative approaches to parking management to make the best use of existing parking supply.
Regional Growth Challenges in Phoenix
Client: Greater Phoenix Leadership
WFG led a three-month review of 40 years of progress in dealing with regional growth issues in Phoenix, resulting in a widely read report that framed those issues for the future as well.
Organizational & Strategic Planning
County Strategic Plan
Client: Teton County, Idaho
WFG provided both meeting facilitation and strategic advice in the creation of a new Strategic Plan for Teton County, Idaho, (Driggs and Victor), including priority focus areas and an implementation plan.
Planning Commission/Staff Roles and Responsibilities
Client: Teton County, Wyoming
WFG provided both meeting facilitation and strategic advice in assisting Teton County, Wyoming, (Jackson) in clarifying the roles and responsibilities of the Planning Commission and planning staff.
Regional Planning Roles and Responsibilities
Client: San Diego Local Agency Formation Commission
WFG produced a report called “The Contours of Regional Growth,” delineating the regional planning roles and responsibilities of the San Diego Association of Governments, the County of San Diego, and the San Diego Local Agency Formation Commission and making recommendations of how these entities can work together better.
Transfer Of Development Rights
Comprehensive Assessment of Tahoe Regional Transfer
of Development Rights Program
Client: League to Save Lake Tahoe
WFG’s predecessor firm, Solimar Research Group, undertook the first-ever comprehensive assessment of the pioneering but complicated transfer of development rights program in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The assessment quantified for the first time progress toward development goals and the effectiveness of incentives under the TDR system.