City of Boise Parks and Rec Planning
Foothills and Open Space Management Plan The City of Boise Parks and Recreation Department assumes primary responsibility for open space and recreation development within Boise. The foothills located on the Boise Front provide an excellent opportunity for open space enjoyment and serve as a main venue for Parks and Rec’s initiatives. Stewardship within the foothills […]
City of Boise Housing Needs Analysis
Boise is Idaho’s largest city with more than 200,000 residents and a growing inventory of 90,000 housing units. In 2014, the City of Boise Housing and Community Development Division launched a housing needs analysis process and hired Agnew::Beck and RPI Consulting to lead the effort. The primary goal of the analysis was to describe current conditions […]
Hillside to the Hollow Public Process Facilitation
In the foothills surrounding Boise, Idaho, there are a number of open space reserves providing opportunities for outdoor enjoyment through recreation and open space preservation. One of these reserves, Hillside to the Hollow, was recently acquired by the City of Boise and the Land Trust of the Treasure Valley (LLTV). Prior to the property’s acquisition, […]
Long-term Care Planning
Recommendations for an Alaska Long-term Care Strategic PlanClient: State Of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, 2012 Long-term care, also called long-term services and supports, is care for people who need help with activities of daily living, such as feeding themselves, bathing, dressing, grooming and moving around. In fiscal year 2012, the State of […]
Fairbanks Natural Gas Distribution Study Focus Groups
For years, Fairbanks residents have struggled with high energy costs, particularly for home heating. To help address these concerns, the Interior Energy Project (IEP) plan is to liquefy natural gas on the North Slope, truck it to Fairbanks, regasify it, and distribute the gas to homes and businesses. As part of assessing the feasibility of the […]
Fairview Neighborhood Plan
From the early 1990s to 2009, the Fairview Community Council led a planning effort that culminated in the Draft Fairview Community Plan. In 2013, the Fairview Community Council contracted Agnew::Beck to help move the plan to approval by the Anchorage Planning and Zoning Commission and adoption by the Anchorage Assembly. Agnew::Beck revised and distilled the […]
Kodiak Island Borough Code Revision
Agnew::Beck was contracted to revise the Borough’s comprehensive subdivision, zoning and real property codes. Our team is working closely with a Project Advisory Committee formed to represent the diverse interests of Kodiak residents, businesses owners, and stakeholders. Representatives included Native corporations, people with experience in rural Kodiak and members of the Planning + Zoning Commission […]
Big Lake Comprehensive Plan Update
Agnew::Beck was hired to update Big Lake’s 1996 Comprehensive Plan. The highly participatory process included regular planning team meetings, public workshops, and the creation of “planning work groups,” including youth, who tackled specific key issues. These work groups offered a focused forum in which to create practical, locally driven solutions to specific issues. The work […]
Bristol Bay Family Resource Center Planning & Development
Agnew::Beck was hired to provide community and facility planning services to seven communities in the Bristol Bay area of Alaska. The family resource centers that were developed in Bristol Bay varied in size and occupancy, depending on the capacity and needs of each village. The most ambitious of these centers included space for nine services […]
Bethel Public Utility Feasibility Study
Bethel, Alaska is currently served by a privately owned, for-profit utility which also provides diesel-generated power to three outlying communities. The high cost of energy impacts virtually every dimension of life in Bethel. This sense of urgency has increased interest in new approaches and new solutions for the Bethel community and the Yukon-Kuskokwim Region. The […]
Mertarvik: Strategic Management Plan for Community Relocation
High erosion rates, increasingly powerful storm surges and severe floods threaten the Village of Newtok. Years of studies conclude that there is no permanent and cost effective means of remaining at the current village site. In 1994, the Newtok Traditional Council resolved that the best solution for the community was relocating to a new site […]
Lake and Peninsula Borough Comprehensive Plan
Agnew::Beck was hired by the Lake and Peninsula Borough to update their Comprehensive Plan. Building from past planning efforts, this plan focuses on identifying specific, tangible, near term actions that can be address the challenges and opportunities facing the region. This work has been done from the ground up. Earlier this year, borough staff, Planning […]
Tribal Environmental Program Training and Environmental Planning Workbook (Green Book)
Agnew::Beck was contracted to assist the Bristol Bay Native Association in conducting an IGAP Work Plan Development Workshop and developing a Tribal Environmental Program Workbook for tribal environmental program staff. The workshop provides a training format and planning framework to help tribal environmental program staff prepare successful IGAP proposals. The workbook is intended to guide […]
Technical Assistance, Rural Outreach and Proposal Development
Agnew::Beck holds multiple contracts with the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority to provide research, pre-project planning, technical assistance, strategic planning, program planning, business planning and analysis, board training and proposal development services. We have worked on many projects for the State of Alaska and nonprofit organizations that serve Trust beneficiaries. Through one of our Trust […]
Bristol Bay Community Plans
Agnew::Beck understands that the Bristol Bay region is in a state of profound economic and social transition. In this context there is a tremendous need for community planning, to help villages clarify their own goals, preserve their values and benefit from development. In Bristol Bay, Agnew::Beck Consulting has worked alongside regional partners to produce a […]
Southwest Alaska Vocational Education Center Business Plan
The Southwest Alaska Vocational Education Center (SAVEC), one of eleven state designated regional training centers, provides post-secondary vocational training to residents of the Bristol Bay region. In 2011, SAVEC contracted with Agnew::Beck for business planning services including assembling an operations budget and training development plan. This plan built off a previous SAVEC business plan completed […]
Donlin Gold Regional Workforce Development Study
The Donlin Gold project is an ambitious effort to develop a large-scale gold mine in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. The mine, located 155 miles upriver from Bethel and ten miles north of Crooked Creek in the middle of the Kuskokwim River delta, is expected to have a total active life of 27 years. The mine is […]
Urban Prints Social Enterprise Business Plan
Agnew::Beck helped the Anchorage Urban League form a volunteer board, achieve nonprofit status, obtain membership in the National Urban League, and create a website. The Anchorage Urban League is now nearly three years in existence, has established a successful track record of projects to increase economic and social parity between people of diverse cultural backgrounds […]
Children’s Forest Initiative
The USFS engaged Agnew::Beck and partner Triangle Associates Inc. to assist the Chugach National Forest in drawing the next generation of children and their families outdoors. A::B and Triangle provided strategic planning, facilitation, and creative communication services for the Children’s Forest Initiative. The Children’s Forest Initiative Get Out, Go Wild, Change the Future Modern life […]
Alaska’s Rainforest Islands Marketing Strategy
Agnew::Beck helped the communities of Petersburg, Wrangell and Prince of Wales Island develop a Central Southeast Alaska Marketing Strategy to improve the visitor industry in the region. As part of this marketing effort, sparked by the coming of a new regional ferry system in Central Southeast Alaska, a series of stakeholder meetings were held to […]
