Partners
Integrated Expertise
Public Participation Partners (P3)
Equitable Community Engagement
Public Participation Partners (P3) is a woman-owned, full-service public involvement and information firm uniquely qualified to provide cost-effective traditional and specialized public engagement services tailored to meet agency goals and community expectations. P3 provides the public with comprehensible and objective information to assist them in understanding the problem (or purpose), alternatives, opportunities, and solutions of any project. P3 works directly with the public throughout the project to ensure that public concerns and aspirations are consistently understood and considered throughout the project planning process. P3 partners with agencies and the public in each aspect of the decision, including the development of alternatives and preferred solution identification to place final decision-making in the hands of the public.
Learn more here: https://publicparticipationpartners.com/
Thread Collective
Equitable Community Design
Thread Collective is an architecture firm that explores the seams between building and landscape, and stitches together the patterns of the built environment with its natural and social context. Their philosophy of understanding building and site as an integrated whole, woven with artistic, functional, and financial consideration creates the fabric from which poetic and sustainable architecture and public space emerge. Design is a collective effort through a lens with an emphasis on a broadly defined notion of environmental and cultural sustainability. Learn more here: https://threadcollective.com/
Bookman Associates
Comprehensive Community Development
Joel Bookman rounds out OCOPOS’ comprehensive community planning team, and is also the President and CEO of Bookman Associates, Inc., providing consulting services in strategic and business planning, economic development, comprehensive community development, and nonprofit management to public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and corporate and philanthropic institutions. His philosophy is grounded in the belief that neighborhood change and stability start with the people who live and work there and that defining their vision and abilities is key to implementing effective social and business strategies. Economic development – creating and maintaining businesses that provide services, jobs and social cohesion – is at the heart of his work. Previously, he served as Director of Programs for Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Chicago and co-founder and Managing Director of the LISC Institute for Comprehensive Community Development. Learn more here: https://www.joelbookman.com/
BFJ Planning
Zoning, Environmental, and Transportation Planning
BFJ has successfully completed more than 1,000 projects in the U.S., East Asia, Europe, and South America. Our range of services allows us to bring a project from the initial feasibility stage, through planning and approvals, to site design and implementation. Principals and staff provide expertise in a range of areas, bringing together informed, innovative thinking from different professional points of view necessary to the success of complex planning and development projects. This inclusive approach ensures that BFJ’s planning and design recommendations are realistic and achievable within project constraints. Learn more here: https://bfjplanning.com