Planning Heritage Design Partner LLC brings to your project 40+ years of experience and expertise in fields of urban planning, historic preservation, and related design. Planning Heritage Design Partner LLC is strategically positioned in the Chicago-Milwaukee-Madison urban corridor, in the city of Racine, Wisconsin.

Growing up in Racine, Matt’s parents would plan annual end-of-summer road trips for their family of six, traveling from Wisconsin to Florida, from Maine to California, and the myriad of points and places in-between. These annual adventures ingrained a desire to understand the origins and history of the land, places and structures they would visit. Matt continues his passion to understand how communities are physically laid out, what a community settles on as an acceptable aesthetic, and the geographic, historic, economic and social influences that enable or dictate design and development outcomes.

Matt has continued this quest in his travels across North America and Europe.

OUR TEAM

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Matthew G. Sadowski

Founder

Matt brings to Planning Heritage Design Partner LLC 40+ years of related accumulated knowledge and experience gained through his BA in Geography (minor emphasis in geology), MS in Urban Planning, and MS in Architecture (emphasis in historic preservation and adaptive reuse), as well as comprehensive, relevant and applicable professional experience working and advising at the local, county, regional and state levels of planning, historic preservation and related design.

Positions held include:

  • Principal/Owner, Planning Heritage Design Partner LLC, Racine,  WI
  • Assistant Director of City Development, Assistant Executive Director of Redevelopment Authority, City of Racine, WI
  • Planning Manager, City of Racine, WI
  • Principal Planner, City of Racine, WI
  • Planning Director & Zoning Administrator, City of Muskego, WI
  • Assistant Planning Director, Zoning Administrator, Building Inspector, Town of Mt. Pleasant, WI
  • Research Aide, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, Waukesha, WI

Memberships:

  • American Institute of Certified Planners
  • American Planning Association (national and state of Wisconsin)
  • Preservation Racine
  • Root River Council (advisor)
  • Wisconsin Association of Historic Preservation Commissions
  • Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Wisconsin Historical Society

Board Position:

  • Wisconsin Historical Society, Preservation Review Board, History Committee Chair
  • Wisconsin Association of Historic Preservation Commissions, Chair Elect
  • Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation, Board Member
  • Downtown Racine Business Improvement District, City Representative (former)
  • Root River Council (advisory)

Anne M. Sadowski

Co-Founder

Anne is a partner at Planning Heritage Design Partner LLC.  Anne brings determination and dedication to her work through 36 years of professional experience as an Occupational Therapist both in the medical and educational fields.  She holds a BS in Occupational Therapy and a MS in Education. Through her many years of community volunteer work, Anne has cultivated a talent for program development, implementation and administration, and event planning.  In addition, Anne possesses a passion for history and preservation, and is skilled in research and outreach.

Positions held include:

  • Partner, Planning Heritage Design Partner, LLC, Racine, WI
  • Occupational Therapist, Racine Unified School District, Racine, WI
  • Occupation Therapist, St. Mary's Medical Center (Wheaton-Franciscan), Racine, WI

Memberships/Licensed:

  • National Board for Certified Occupational Therapy, OTR
  • Wisconsin Occupational Therapist, OTR
  • Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, OTR

Boards:

  • Pastoral Council, St. Edward Church, Racine, WI
  • School Advisory Board, Our Lady of Grace Academy, Racine, WI (former)
  • Home & School Association, President & Program Coordinator, St. Edward School, Racine, WI (former)