DC&E - Design, Community & Environment


Design, Community & Environment (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.  We believe that responsible planning and design reflect the communities they serve and work in concert with the natural environment.

DC&E recently acquired the planning practice of Bill Fulton’s Solimar Research Group, Inc. providing planning services to government agencies, land conservation organizations and developers in urban planning, Transfer of Development Rights and metropolitan growth trends documentation. 

With offices in Berkeley and Ventura, we provide our clients with state-of-the-art technology and methods in all aspects of our planning, design and landscape architecture. We have in-house capabilities in GIS, CAD, computerized graphics production, visual simulations, and report production

 

Expertise(s): Acoustics/Noise, Bicycle Planning, Campus Planning, Conflict Resolution, Corridor Planning, Demographics, Downtown Development, Economic Development, Emergency Development, Energy Planning, Environment and Natural Resources, Environmental Impact, Environmental Impact Reports, Facilitation, Facility Planning, Farmland Preservation, Feasibility Analysis, General, General Plans, Geographic Information Systems, Grant Writing and Administration, Growth Management, Habitat Planning, Historic Preservation, Housing, Impact Fees, Land Use Law, Landscape Architecture, Minority Issues, Mixed Use Development, Neighborhood Planning, Neo-Traditional Planning, Ordinances, Permitting, Planning Education, Planning Management, Pollution Reduction, Project Management, Public Involvment, Real Estate Development, Recreation and Tourism, Recycling, Regulations and Code, Sign Ordinance, Simulations, Site Planning, Small Town and Rural Planning, Sustainable Development, Transit-Oriented Development, Transportation, Urban Design, Visioning, Waterfront Development, Zoning Administration

Office Location(s): 
Ventura, CA - 35 S. Ventura Avenue, Ventura, CA, 93003
Berkeley, CA - 1625 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 300, Berkeley, CA, 94709
Contact Information
Phone: 
805.643.7700
Fax: 
805.643.7782
Email: 
contactdce@dceplanning.com
Website URL: 
http://dceplanning.com/