They are interested in developing economies at all scales, providing affordable housing, promoting green energy, preserving threatened land, building great public transit, and developing sustainable cities and regions.

Great planning creates communities that offer better choices for where and how people live. Planning helps communities envision their future and find the right balance of new development, essential services, environmental protection and innovative change. Planning can take a variety of forms, including policy recommendations, community action plans, regulatory and incentive strategies, historic preservation plans, redevelopment plans, smart growth strategies, economic development strategic plans, site plans, urban design plans, and disaster-preparedness plans.