Selected Work
Representative examples of planning, water, education, and funding initiatives demonstrating how strategy, partnerships, and community leadership can move ideas from vision to implementation.
Many of these projects combine planning, funding strategy, and implementation support—ensuring that ideas move beyond plans and into real projects.
Kersey Comprehensive Plan and Land Use Code Update
PlanIt led the development of the Kersey Comprehensive Plan, a community-driven roadmap guiding the town’s growth, investments, and decision-making for the next 20–30 years. The planning process featured well-attended, hands-on community gatherings—from visioning potlucks and outdoor workshops to regional economic vitality happy hours—designed to make planning accessible, social, and engaging while surfacing authentic community ideas.
Residents, business owners, students, and regional partners helped define the town’s priorities—from economic opportunity and housing to parks, trails, and water resilience. The plan translates that vision into actionable policies, strategies, and land use guidance that help the town evaluate development proposals and prioritize investments.
As part of the effort, planning data and maps were integrated into a new municipal GIS platform, strengthening transparency and long-term implementation.
Funding Community Projects & Partnerships
PlanIt has helped communities, school systems, and partners secure and implement more than $7 million in grant funding supporting parks, trails, infrastructure, environmental remediation, water planning, and community facilities. Funding sources include the Colorado Water Conservation Board, EPA, USDOT, Great Outdoors Colorado, and the Colorado Department of Local Affairs, along with philanthropic foundations supporting educational innovation.
Rather than treating grants as standalone applications, PlanIt helps partners design projects that align community priorities, environmental stewardship, and funding opportunities. Many projects intentionally engage youth in shaping and building the spaces they will use, from students writing interpretive signage and designing wildlife habitat areas to youth organizations helping construct park features such as bat boxes and stepping-stone pathways.
Knoth Reservoir Water Storage & Habitat Strategy
PlanIt secured grant funding and led a feasibility study evaluating restoration of Knoth Reservoir, an off-channel agricultural reservoir designed to improve drought resilience, irrigation reliability, and wildlife habitat within the local ditch system. The study identified a viable design that restores water storage while improving safety and supporting watershed-scale ecological benefits.
The project also helps preserve the reservoir’s 541 acre-foot conditional water right while positioning the project for future state and federal implementation funding.
The work required coordination across multiple regulatory and resource agencies. PlanIt obtained non-jurisdictional determinations from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment Water Quality Control Division, consulted with the State Engineer’s Office, and worked with National Resource Conservation Service to develop a farm improvement plan integrating agricultural productivity with habitat restoration.
PlanIt met with with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Boulder County Parks & Open Space, the local Water Commissioner, and ditch stakeholders to explore opportunities for agricultural water storage, wildlife habitat corridors, and watershed resilience.
Learner-Centered School Redesign & Learning Innovation
Through partnerships with Precision School Improvement and Denver Public Schools, PlanIt has helped schools redesign the learning experience to better serve students and address systemic inequities. This work focuses on aligning school strategy, culture, and learning environments to support personalized learning, student agency, and deeper engagement.
PlanIt worked with school leaders, educators, and students to analyze data, identify barriers to student success, and design new learning models—including flexible schedules, competency-based learning structures, and performance-based assessments that allow students to explore their interests and solve real-world problems.
These efforts supported dozens of innovation teams redesigning their schools. In one district initiative, 71% of participating schools reported higher academic proficiency than their peer schools and outperformed district averages across racial, socioeconomic, and language groups.
PlanIt has also supported school redesign initiatives in Denver Public Schools, Sheridan School District, Poudre School District, and Bozeman Public Schools.
Additional Planning & Community Projects
PlanIt has also supported planning and community strategy efforts across Colorado, including comprehensive plans for Woodland Park, Lyons, Fort Lupton, Frederick, Ault, and Nunn, along with parks, trails, and outdoor recreation master plans for Johnstown/Milliken and Dacono.
Several of these projects received state and regional planning awards and reflect PlanIt’s commitment to combining community engagement, environmental stewardship, and practical implementation strategies.