Community Planning

Sustainability
Public Health

Advocates.

Collaborators.

Who We Are.
Improving community health and wellbeing.
Respecting local wisdom. Achieving environmental sustainability. Promoting social equity.
Advancing the profession. These are the goals
that inspire our planning work at Raimi +
Associates.
We are advocates, collaborators, organizers,
and pioneers committed to creating healthy
and enduring places. As a group of community planners, public health professionals,
and sustainability specialists, we collaborate
with public, private, and non-profit clients in
developing meaningful and pragmatic plans
and policies.

South Gate General Plan

We believe all communities are works in

progress worthy of focused planning and
investment. Over the years, we have served
dozens of communities throughout North
America as trusted advisors, seasoned
practitioners, imaginative problem solvers,
and skilled communicators. By listening to
and learning from ordinary people, partnering
closely with our clients, and relying on our
keen eye for place, we have developed the
plans and tools to help these communities
achieve their long-term visions.
Raimi + Associates closely-knit, highly
collaborative, and collectively invested staff
believe in building community one place at a
time and we have fun while were at it!

International Boulevard TOD Plan

Organizers.
Select Clients
City of Fresno, California
Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, San Diego
Jonathan Rose Companies, New York City
LISC Green Development Center, Boston
LA County Metropolitan Transit Authority
Mapleton-Fall Creek CDC, Indianapolis
Natural Resources Defense Council
City of Oakland, California
City of Olmos Park, Texas
San Luis Obispo Air Pollution Control District
Open Gate Properties, Calgary, Canada
Santa Clara County, California
City of Santa Monica, California
Southern California Association of Governments
Syracuse Center of Excellence, Syracuse, New York
U.S. Green Building Council, Washington D.C.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington D.C.
City of West Hollywood, California

Coachella Health Element

Pioneers.
Raimi + Associates was a pleasure to work with.
They stepped in to a leadership role mid-stream
in our General Plan update, recognized our
needs, established great working relationships
with staff and a large consultant team, and
offered both the flexibility and experience to
bring a tricky project to a successful conclusion.
Bianca Siegl, Senior Planner, Community Development
Department, City of West Hollywood

Not only does Raimi + Associates possess a

strong knowledge of the practice and policy
behind sustainable communities in the United
States from their work advising local governments, but they are one of a small handful of
national LEED for Neighborhood Development
experts.
Sophie Lambert, Director of LEED-ND,
U.S. Green Building Council

The Healthy Community Element approval

would not have happened without the excellent
work of Raimi +Associates.
Michael Osur, Deputy Director,
Riverside County Department of Public Health

Citizens Guide to LEED-ND

A Citizens Guide to LEED for

Neighborhood Development:
How to Tell if Development is
Smart and Green

What We Do.
At Raimi + Associates, its difficult for us to separate who we are from
what we do. Our work reflects each staff persons personal commitment
to improving the communities where we work, and our goal is to leave
the world better than we found it. We specialize in integrating a host
of interrelated subjectsfrom land use and design, to sustainability and
green building, to public health and social equity, to public engagement
and visioninginto planning efforts at a variety of scales.

Florence Firestone Vision Plan

International Boulevard TOD Plan

Community Planning.
From the broad, citywide policies and visions
to the smaller-scale plans that firmly establish
a communitys form and character, we take
a place-based, people-focused, grassroots
approach to designing comprehensive,
neighborhood, district, and corridor plans.

Comprehensive + General Plans

Specific + Precise Plans
TOD Plans
Corridor Plans
Neighborhood Plans
Form-based Codes
Vision Plans
Community Engagement

West Hollywood General Plan

South Gate General Plan

Sustainabilty.
We guide clients through the complex
topic of sustainability, making our plans
and projects from sustainability plans and
LEED-ND implementation to climate action
plans and development standards relevant
to their everyday concerns and aspirations.
Through technical analysis, policy development, and project review and assessment,
we help communities make informed and
responsible choices.

LEED + LEED-ND

SALT District LEED-ND, Syracuse, NY

Nashville LEED-ND Project Documentation

Sustainability Planning + Analysis

Climate Action Plans
GHG Emissions Inventories
Sustainable Zoning Codes + Design Guidelines
Project Review + Assessment
Education + Research
Publications + Master Editing

Public Health.
Health is an often overlooked component of
community planning, but is at the heart of
our practice. We incorporate a public health
perspective into all of our projects, while
specializing in healthy community plans,
health surveys, health impact assessments,
and health checklists to guide developers and
policy-makers.

Health Plans + Elements

Fresno Health Impact Assessment + Specific Plan

Encinitas Health Element

Surveys, Mapping + Analysis

Health Impact Assessment (HIA)
Healthy Development Checklists
Trainings + Publications
Healthy Zoning Codes
Health Committees + Community Coalitions

Berkeley (Main Office)

2000 Hearst Avenue, Suite 306
Berkeley, CA 94704

Los Angeles

448 South Hill Street, Suite 418

Los Angeles, CA 90013

Riverside

3850 Vine Street, Suite 140

Riverside, CA 92507

For more information about

Raimi + Associates, please email us
at info@raimiassociates.com
or call us at 510-666-1010.
www.raimiassociates.com