PHDP LLC can formulate development strategies for your land and buildings.  We can conduct entitlement and regulatory analysis to help understand the development potential of your property while addressing community goals and guidelines.  We can research philanthropic and governmental funding strategies relevant to your project and assist in the application for and administration of related programs and funds.  We can be your representative and advocate before governmental and non-governmental officials, boards, organizations and groups.

Land use planning: single purpose, mixed use, natural resource, neighborhood.

Ordinances: analysis, drafting, codification, administration.

Grantsmanship: researching, writing, administering.

Representation and advocacy: commissions, councils, boards, neighborhood associations, business and industrial districts, state and federal agencies.

Special districts: tax increment, business improvement, neighborhood improvement, historic.

• Hundreds of building and site plan reviews including Regency Mall outlot projects(Racine), Hotel Verdant (Racine), Breakwater 233 (Racine), State & Main 141 (Racine), Muskego Lakes and Plumb Ridge subdivisions(Muskego), Moorland Road Business and Industrial Park (Muskego), Racine Centre (Mt. Pleasant), Mt. Pleasant Plaza (Mt. Pleasant).
• Development guidelines, codes and ordinances including Root River design guidelines (Racine), Downtown Design Guidelines (Racine), Access Corridors (Racine), Mt. Pleasant Business Park (Mt. Pleasant), Downtown Design Guidelines (Muskego), Muskego Business and Industrial Park (Muskego), Highway 36 access plan (Muskego).
• Redevelopment projects in Racine including RootWorks, Racine Steel Castings, Regency Mall, Wisconsin Natural Gas, Westgate Mall, State and Memorial.
• Grants writing and administration including Certified Local Government preservation grants (Racine), Commercial Façade Grant Program (Racine), EPA cleanup grants for Walker Mfg, Racine Steel Castings, Azarian/Olsen/Jensen properties, Root River planning grants from Wisconsin DNR/EPA/Wisconsin River Alliance/Fund for Lake Michigan(Racine), Wisconsin DNR stormwater planning grands and lake management grants (Muskego).
• Countless presentations before plan commissions, authorities, zoning boards, appeals boards, city councils and town boards, state and federal agencies, philanthropic organizations, and neighborhood groups.

PHDP LLC can evaluate districts, neighborhoods and structures to determine their potential eligibility for local, or State and National Register historic districts or landmark status.  We can help you evaluate your historic structure to determine suitability and adaptability for reuse.  We can conduct historic surveys and research to aid in the preparation of official landmark or district designations, or historic persons research.  We can advocate for your landmark or historic district project when before reviewing and approving authorities.

Historic districts and landmarks: research and eligibility analysis, resource identification, condition and integrity examination, historical background, significance and context review.

Official designation preparation: districts, sites, artifacts.

Persons: historical documents searches, literature reviews, repository exploration, government records examination.

• Racine Cream Structures Inventory.
• Mitchell School area unique brick structures inventory, report and analysis(Racine).
• Archival and genealogical research and reports on Joshua Pierce and James Weed/William Smeeding estates (Racine).
• Façade restoration plan reviews and project compliance monitoring for a multitude of structures in historic districts (Downtown and Uptown Racine).
• Review and construction monitoring of restoration and adaptive reuse projects in Racine such as Mitchell Wagon Lofts, Olsen-Driver Lofts, Gold Medal Lofts, Horlick Malted Milk/Belle City Square, River Bend Lofts, Century Motors/Indian Motorcycle dealership.
• Racine Heritage Preservation Plan.
• Preparation of design guidelines sensitive to the historical integrity of legacy commercial districts in Downtown Racine and Uptown Racine, and for Tess Corners (Muskego).

PHDP LLC can provide design services that range from project concept to project completion. Our services are designed to capitalize on client-to-consultant interaction, manage and/or avoid design, regulatory, permitting and implelmentation conflicts, and meet timelines and costs. 

Project analysis: function and design goals consultation, contextual analysis, locational and setting evaluation, historical investigation, structural conditions, regulatory and standards review.

Concept development: form and function assessment, visual impacts, materials and colors studies, concept sketches and mock-ups, final design.

Project types:

• Adaptive reuse.
• Site plans.
• Building additions.
• Primary and secondary structures.
• Land use planning and design.
• Signage and sign programs.
• Façade remodeling.

• 100+ historic façade restoration projects while employed by the City of Racine(applicant consultation, design review and evaluation, project monitoring, grant administration).
• Unity Temple visitors center design, Oak Park, Il (prepared for Masters studio project at UW Milwaukee).
• ChemiWerks event venue and distillery, adaptive reuse project for historic cement and chemical factory, Berlin Germany ( prepared for Masters studio project at UW Milwaukee).
• The Left Bank at Edison Place, site redevelopment for mixed use riverfront tower, Milwaukee, WI (prepared for Masters real estate course at UW Milwaukee).
• Vetrans Administration, Ward Hall restoration and redevelopment plan, Milwaukee, WI (Masters thesis project at UW Milwaukee).

PHDP LLC can save you time and money by having at your service our 40+ years of experience in the profession to assist clients in the administration of their planning, heritage and design projects and responsibilities.

Grantsmanship: grant writing, compliance monitoring and reports, inspections, progress reports, close-out reports, pay/reimbursement request evaluation.

Zoning: ordinance research and writing, interpretation, inspection, exception/appeals, emforcement, rezoning, conditional/special use permits.

Design guidelines: ordinance and guidelines research and writing, interpretation, project evaluation and recommendations, inspection, exception/appeals.

Research: archival, historical, standards, methods, resources, comparative analysis, precedents.

Over forty years of professional and experienced leadership in the disciplines of planning, zoning, inspections, enforcement, heritage preservation, natural resource management, environmental cleanup, project oversite, program design and grant administrations gained while fulfilling the duties of the positions of Planning Director, Planning Manager, Principal Planner,  Zoning Administrator, Building and Electrical Inspector, Executive Director of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Racine, and Grant Administrator.