Experience
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CWL Planning was founded in 2009 and is now doing business as Latini & Gleitz Planning with the announcement of a partnership between the firms Principals, Chuck Latini AND Paul Gleitz. While we are a new Firm, we have over 35 years of experience. Our partners have gathered extensive breadth and depth of experience working in independent practice or at our former firms. We have combined our expertise to create a full-service top-quality planning Firm. In addition to serving our clients, members of our firm are involved in other professional endeavors that increase its expertise base thus its ability to serve a wide variety of clients on a wide variety of issues. As such, we also teach graduate level courses at Rutgers University, and Hunter College, conduct training sessions with professional organizations, participate in professional planning training seminars, graduate level course at Columbia University, in addition to research and publishing. All of these experiences grounds the firm in the reality of day-to-day municipal operations with a solid understanding of the effects statewide policies have on the ground.
Staff has significant experience dealing with diverse array of planning issues. Our experience has included working as a municipal planners, Grants and Funding at the State level, NJ Transit’s Transit-Friendly Planning Program, County Planning, as well as a Principals with the planning firm of Heyer, Gruel and Associates. All of these experiences grounds the firm in the reality of day-to-day municipal operations with a solid understanding of the effects statewide policies have on the ground.
Providing a full range of professional planning services, the firm’s expertise ranges from large-scale urban redevelopment, to commercial corridor retrofits, and site specific planning and design. All of our work is ground in our ability to build community consensus through our education and professional experience. The firm also has a great deal of experience in issues ranging from multi-community planning projects to County and regional plans. We take great pride in being able to work with all the factions within the communities we serve. The public process is important, especially politically, with regard to a community’s ability to create plans that garner the support and can be implemented. Without this, plans are merely paper on a shelf or become political footballs.
One of the strengths of our firm is the ability to offer practical advice. We are cognizant of the issues faced by communities and can help develop consensus on matters relating to sustainability, land use, and site design, with important focus on integrating the environment as well as transportation investments. Vision is key, but implementation is a must. Our firm focuses on the ability to achieve both the short and long-term goals of our clients.
Staff has significant experience dealing with diverse array of planning issues. Our experience has included working as a municipal planners, Grants and Funding at the State level, NJ Transit’s Transit-Friendly Planning Program, County Planning, as well as a Principals with the planning firm of Heyer, Gruel and Associates. All of these experiences grounds the firm in the reality of day-to-day municipal operations with a solid understanding of the effects statewide policies have on the ground.
Providing a full range of professional planning services, the firm’s expertise ranges from large-scale urban redevelopment, to commercial corridor retrofits, and site specific planning and design. All of our work is ground in our ability to build community consensus through our education and professional experience. The firm also has a great deal of experience in issues ranging from multi-community planning projects to County and regional plans. We take great pride in being able to work with all the factions within the communities we serve. The public process is important, especially politically, with regard to a community’s ability to create plans that garner the support and can be implemented. Without this, plans are merely paper on a shelf or become political footballs.
One of the strengths of our firm is the ability to offer practical advice. We are cognizant of the issues faced by communities and can help develop consensus on matters relating to sustainability, land use, and site design, with important focus on integrating the environment as well as transportation investments. Vision is key, but implementation is a must. Our firm focuses on the ability to achieve both the short and long-term goals of our clients.