Planners in Private Practice was assembled to promote the private sector of the planning profession, to improve the delivery of planning services to both public and private clients, and to participate cooperatively with all planning groups and activities. Download a copy of the Planners in Private Practice brochure.

Why Use a Planning Consultant?

Planning consultants provide expertise in designing and carrying out regional and community planning programs and development projects.

Public and private planning groups will benefit from obtaining professional planning services in the following situations:

• You require specific skills which your staff lacks.
• You need additional advice on specific problems.
• You have the need for objectivity, experience and the credentials of a third party.
• Your staff does not have time to complete a project by a specific date.

The key qualifications which a planning consultant brings to your problems are:
Experience, Technical Expertise, New Ideas, Objectivity, Knowledge of Current Planning Laws and Practice, Presentation Skills and Graphic Abilities, GIS-Computer Skills, Public Participation Skills.

Michigan law does not require competitive price selection for professional services (including planning, engineering, or architecture) regardless of the budget amount.

Many Michigan communities work with the same planning consulting firm for many years because of the benefits and efficiencies of a firm's local planning knowledge, avoidance of costly selection processes and the predictability of service quality. Loyalty to a planning firm, which consistently provides quality service, may best serve your needs and meet your objectives.

Albert Kahn Associates, Inc.
Michael A. West, AICP, Principal
Planning Design & Management
7430 Second Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202
313.202.7671 Fax 313202.7171
www.albertkahn.com


Beckett & Raeder, Inc.
535 W. William Street, Suite 101, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
734-663-2622 Fax 734-663-6759
www.bria2.com


Birchler Arroyo Associates, Inc.
28021 Southfield Road, Lathrup Village, MI 48076
248-423-1776 Fax 248-423-1793
www.birchlerarroyo.com


Brandon M. Rogers & Associates, PC
21 Kercheval Ave., Suite 234 Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236
313-884-7654 Fax 313-884-7949
bmrassoc@cs.com


Building Place
Rodney C. Nanney, AICP
40 South Summit Street, Suite 2, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
734-483-2271
Building_place@yahoo.com


Carlisle/Wortman Associates, Inc.
605 S. Main Street, Suite 1, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734-662-2200 Fax 734-662-1935
www.cwaplan.com


Community Planning & Management, P.C.
43260 Garfield Rd., Suite 230, Clinton Township, MI 48038
586-416-2740 Fax 586-416-2750
www.cpmpc.com
cpm@eaglequest.com


Crescent Consulting
P.O. Box 1184, Midland, MI 48641
989-839-2031 Fax 989-839-4995
crescentdr@chartermi.net


ENP & Associates
2788 Barclay Way, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
734-395-6057 Fax 734-527-6158
erin@enp-associates.com
www.enp-associates.com

Fleis & Vandenbrink, Inc.
2960 Lucerne Drive, S.E.
Grand Rapids, MI 49546
616-977-1000 fax 616-977-1005
kfreed@fveng.com


Grobbel Environmental and Planning Associates
232 East Front Street, Suite 7
Traverse City, MI 49684
231-933-8400 Fax 231-933-8406
cgrobbel@grobbelenvironmental.com


Hamilton Anderson Associates
1435 Randolph Street, Suite 200, Detroit, MI 48226
313-964-0270 Fax 313-964-0170
www.hamilton-anderson.com


Jane Fitzpatrick Consulting
318 S. Hamilton, Suite 5, Saginaw, MI 48602
989-249-0631
jfitzconsult@aol.com


Landplan, Inc.
4211 Okemos Road, Suite 15, Okemos, MI 48864
517-347-2120 Fax 517-347-2234
Landplanning@comcast.net


LSL Planning, Inc.
15 Ionia Street S.W., Suite 450, Grand Rapids, MI 48067
248-586-0505 Fax 248-586-0501
www.lslplanning.com


M.C. Planning & Design
504 Liberty Street, Petoskey, MI 49770
231-487-0745 Fax 231-487-0746
mcampbell@mcplanningdesign.com


Mary Ann Lamkin, AICP, PCP
4855 Island Shore Drive, P.O. Box 386, Lakeland, MI 48143
810-231-3134 Fax 810-231-3146
mlamkin@chartermi.net


McKenna Associates, Incorporated
235 E. Main, Suite 105, Northville, MI 48167
248-596-0920 Fax 248-596-0930
www.mcka.com


Rowe Incorporated
6211 Taylor Drive, Flint, MI 48507
810-341-7500 Fax 810-341-7573
www.RoweIncorp.com
Dpiggot@roweincorp.com


Spicer Group
Robert Eggers, AICP, Principal
230 S. Washington Avenue, P.O. Box 1689,
Saginaw, MI 48605-1689
800-833-0062 Fax 989-754-4440
www.spicergroup.com
robe@spicergroup.com


U.P. Engineers & Architects
102 W. Washington Street, Suite 217 Marquette, MI 49855
906-228-6061 Fax 906-228-7144
www.upea.com


Vilican Leman & Associates, Inc.
24725 W. 12 Mile Road, Suite 306, Southfield, MI 48034
248-356-8181 Fax 248-356-0902
info@vilicanleman.com
btallerico@vilicanleman.com


Wade Trim
25251 Northline Road, P.O. Box 10, Taylor, MI 48180
734-947-9700 Fax 734-947-9726 (toll free) 800-482-2864
www.wadetrim.com
jjohnston@wadetrim.com


William & Works, Inc.
549 Ottawa Avenue NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503-1424
616-224-1500 Fax 616-224-1501
nix@williams-works.com