A Tale of Two Corridors: Community-Based Safety Improvements
They were the best of corridors. Northgate Boulevard and Freeport Boulevard are on the opposite sides of Sacramento, but both are in enthusiastic, engaged communities that have self-organized to give voice to their transportation safety concerns.
They were the worst of corridors. They’re both in the City’s the Vision Zero High Injury Network—meaning a high rate of serious and fatal traffic crashes—in neighborhoods that have greater Hispanic, African American and Asian populations than the rest of the City.
Houston Resilient Sidewalks Win APA-Texas Gold Award
The 2023 Gold Award in Resilience from the Texas chapter of the American Planning Association recognizes a strategy that increases the ability of a community to recover from and adapt to shocks and stresses (natural disasters, climate change, etc.), becoming stronger and better prepared than before.
Learn more about Houston Resilient Sidewalks.
Deputy Director of Southern California CAPS
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We are seeking an experienced, senior leadership professional to be our Deputy Director of Contract Professional Services (CAPS), Southern CA based in our Fullerton, Riverside, or Pasadena office.
MIG supports a hybrid work-from-home/remote and in-office schedule, but encourages in-person work for learning and team-building opportunities. Proof of up-to-date COVID-19 vaccination will be required for in-person work. The person in this position must be able to work in-person for a portion of each week and attend in-person business development and client meetings.
Transforming Indigenous Education
The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe has wanted to educate their children within their own community, within their own schools, for decades. The “Growing Ute Futures” Education Master Plan is helping make that vision a reality.
Project Manager – Urban Planning and Design
We are excited to be growing our Denver planning team and are seeking an experienced Planning and Design Project Manager to join our team of planners, urban designers, landscape architects, and civil engineers in our San Antonio office.
MIG supports a hybrid work-from-home/remote and in-office schedule and encourages in-person work for learning and team-building opportunities. Proof of up-to-date COVID-19 vaccination is required for in-person work.
Project Associate – Planning and Urban Design
We are excited to be growing our Denver planning team and are seeking an entry-to-mid-level Planning & Design Project Associate to join our team of planners, urban designers and landscape designers in our San Antonio office.
MIG supports a hybrid work-from-home/remote and in-office schedule and encourages in-person work for learning and team-building opportunities. This position will need to be available for some portion of in-person work each week for meetings in MIG's downtown San Antonio office, as well as site visits and client meetings throughout the City. Proof of up-to-date COVID-19 vaccination is required for in-person work.
Deschutes 2040 Comprehensive Plan Wins ACE Award
MIG’s outreach and engagement work on the Deschutes County 2040 Comprehensive Plan won a 2023 Achievement in Community Engagement (ACE) Award: Project of Special Significance from the Oregon’s Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee. The ACE Award recognizes land use planning projects that support and expand best practices in community engagement.
Comprehensive plans direct city or county staff and decision makers on how they invest their money and time to achieve an area’s future vision and goals.
Woods Gone Wild! Park Plans GIANT Opening
On August 26, the City of Hillsboro held a kid-focused opening event where disability community members, community partners, stakeholders, and their families could celebrate the opening of the area’s first inclusive park and playground.
MIG-Led Grant Effort Yields $16 million
100 miles done; 100 to go. The Puget Sound to Pacific Collaborative (PS2P) recently won a $16M RAISE Discretionary Grant Program from the United States Department of Transportation. It will be used to complete a 200-mile multi-use trail from the Washington State Ferries docks in Kingston, Port Townsend and Bainbridge Island, across the Olympic Peninsula to the Pacific Coast at La Push beach. The grant is part of President Biden’s “Investing in America” agenda.