Place Making = Could Be + Should Be + Will Be
At Market + Main we understand that community development is really about the art of making places. We understand that the place making process is, at its core, the process of uncovering what could be, discovering what should be, and determining what will be. Those places that have achieved consensus and broad support in becoming desirable communities have all followed this "could be," "should be" and "will be" process. At Market + Main, we make this process a reality.
Bookends for True Success
Market + Main's approach to planning is unique in that as planners we understand the role that economics and market dynamics play in being able to accurately plan, and we also understand that plans are doomed to failure unless they are implemented through zoning. Ultimately, any good market analysis or any visionary plan must be implemented to be wholly complete. Rarely do the insights of a market analysis or the ideals of a plan make their ways into the actual legal requirements for that area - the zoning. But at Market + Main, we are experts at doing just that.
All About Choices
Our core services provide the building blocks for creating successful communities. We have discovered that successful communities all share the same basic component: choices. Choices in mobility, choices in where and how to reside, choices in where and how to work, choices in where and how to shop, and choices in where and how to recreate. Those communities that provide these choices in a form, scale, and pattern that is cohesive and defined, are those communities that are desirable places to be -- the ones that have that intangible, yet memorable, quality about them.