• Town Center Master Plan

    Troy, a prosperous northern Detroit “Edge City” retained Gibbs Planning Group in 2017 to plan a traditional downtown on their 125-acre civic campus. Although the city includes two regional malls, major corporations and over 85,000 residents, it lacks a walkable city center. A year-long community...Read more

  • Buffalo Green Code

    Buffalo’s Green Code, a citywide form-based code (FBC) that eliminated off-street parking requirements, was adopted in early 2017. While the Green Code has enabled new mixed-use infill development, its biggest impact is in facilitating the rehabilitation of historic buildings in a slow-growth, pre-...Read more

  • Plan Viva Laredo

    As the United States’ largest inland port, and third-largest overall port, Laredo, Texas, is an important city economically and a gateway to manufacturing across the Mexican border. Laredo has achieved double-digit growth in every decade since 1860. Yet Laredo is also one of the poorest cities in...Read more

  • Biscayne Green

    Reclaiming space for people
    A long-term plan to convert a series of parking lots to public spaces in the middle of Biscayne Boulevard was held up for years due to concerns about traffic and parking. The creative use of Tactical Urbanism is breaking the political deadlock for this important downtown Miami thoroughfare—starting...Read more