DCE The Planning Center

Can you tell me that the Design, Community & Environment is separate from The Planning Center or its merge with each other if its merge with other then tell me that when was the DC&E merge with the Planning Center or and also provide me the contact details?

Can you tell me in detail about the merger of Planning Center and Design Community & Environment (DC&E)?

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The merger of two major planning firms, The Planning Center of Costa Mesa, CA, and DC&E of Berkeley, CA, was announced on Mar 02, 2011.

The Planning Center is a full-service consulting firm specializing in community planning, environmental services, and land planning and design.

DC&E provides a comprehensive range of planning and design services, with an emphasis on urban design and smart growth.

Since then, the Management teams at both firms will remain in place and the deal will enable the firms to leverage complementary services to open new geographic opportunities and aggressive business development throughout the western United States.

The Planning Center and DC&E provide many of the same core services, including comprehensive planning, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) services, urban design, and corridor and transit-oriented planning services.

However, with The Planning Center headquartered in southern California and DC&E headquartered in northern California, the merger provides each firm with a strong new base of operations in a new region of the state.

Each firm also has specialties that complement the work provided by the other for example, DC&E offers landscape architecture, GIS and scenario modelling services, and natural resource planning and management services, while The Planning Center provides school and technical environmental services, an array of economic analyses, and housing expertise.


About The Planning Center
Headquartered in Costa Mesa, CA, The Planning Center is a full-service consulting firm with a broad range of private and public clients and specializes in community planning, environmental services, and land planning and design.
It provides unique and innovative solutions to difficult planning problems. Its mission is to create better places, in collaboration with its clients, for people to live, work, learn and enjoy their lives

About Design, Community & Environment
Founded by David Early in 1995, DC&E provides a comprehensive range of planning and design services in comprehensive planning, urban design, landscape architecture, transportation and bicycle planning, and environmental review, all with an emphasis on smart growth.
The company believes that responsible planning and design reflect the communities they serve and work in concert with the natural environment.