Behan Planning and Design is a professional planning firm serving all levels of government, nonprofit organizations, and the private sector. Our practice emphasizes a humanistic and comprehensive approach to resolving community development issues and advancing community development projects. Our practice is action-oriented. Our practice is successful because we help our clients achieve results.

We are an award winning firm. Our work with the Town of Pittsford, Pittsford's Greenprint Initiative, received the American Planning Association's National Award for Planning and the Conservation of Places category for 1998.

Behan Planning and Design's practice recognizes the need to create a positive future for our communities by planning for that future. This positive future can be secured by proactive government action, by the work of the nonprofit sector, and by private enterprise. The key is to understand the forces of change-and to guide investments to take maximum advantage of those forces.

We assist communities concerned with the pattern, or rate, or even decline in development. We help communities establish alternative ways to manage those conditions and to direct efforts to achieve a secure future.

We support preservation and development organizations with creative and expanded professional planning and design services to achieve their program goals.

We help business expand in communities. We find creative ways to manage land or building assets to strengthen corporate finances and to contribute positively to the community.

Behan Planning and Design recognizes that the human factor is a vital ingredient in a successful endeavor. We commit ourselves to our clients' needs. We provide professional services and coordinate the work of other professionals involved in an assignment. Behan Planning and Design seeks professional relationships with those whose activities support improving the quality of life for people.