Services We Provide

The primary role of SNHPC is to support our 14 member municipalities and agency partners in their planning and community development responsibilities. This is done in a variety of ways such as:

• Helping to secure funding for transportation and other infrastructure projects;
• Assisting communities in preparing local planning documents such as master plans, CIPs, natural resource inventories, open space plans and hazard mitigation plans;
• Developing local ordinances and providing technical assistance and general guidance to local land use boards;
• Working with municipalities to obtain and administer state and federal grant programs; and
• Reducing costs to municipalities through regional coordination, intermunicipal cooperation and problem solving.

Our Areas of Expertise
SNHPC staff have a great deal of experience in a variety of fields within land use and transportation planning:

• General Planning Assistance
  • Community Survey Development and Analysis
  • Meeting Facilitation
  • Agency Coordination
  • Planning Program Outreach and Education
• Data Management and Development
  • Geographic Information Systems Mapping
  • U.S. Census Data Center Affiliates
• Land Use, Environmental Planning, and Community Development
  • Capital Improvement Plan Development and Coordination
  • Local Master Plan Update
  • Zoning Ordinances and Regulations Review and Development
  • Environmental Planning
  • Economic Development Planning / Build-out Analysis 
  • Emergency Management Planning including Hazard Mitigation
• Transportation Planning and Technical Assistance
  • Developing and Maintaining Regional Transportation Plans
  • Vehicular, Bicycle, and Pedestrian Traffic Counts
  • Traffic Analysis and Safety Studies
  • Transit Planning
  • Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning
  • Scenic Byway Planning
  • Intelligent Transportation System Coordination Planning
• Special Topics
  • Age-Friendly Planning
  • Health Impact Studies