Nan Stolzenburg, founder and principal of CP&EA, has been named to the prestigious American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) College of Fellows for her outstanding achievements in rural and environmental planning. Read more

Community Planning & Environmental Associates (CP&EA) is an award-winning planning firm specializing in the unique needs of small and rural communities.  
 
We are committed to helping communities throughout the Northeast balance economic health while
maintaining rural character and environmental quality.
 
Our planning approach emphasizes the need to understand the strengths and weaknesses of both the built and un-built environment of a community, learn how they interact, and how they shape opportunities
and limitations for a sustainable future. 
 
We provide unique and innovative solutions tailored to each community.

CP&EA provides planning consulting services including:

• comprehensive planning
• strategic planning (such as agricultural and farmland protection or open space plans)
• zoning audits
• development of zoning and other land use regulations to implement comprehensive plans
• development or review of environmental impact assessments
• main street revitalization
• waterfront planning
• and other services

 
We accomplish this through innovative community participation campaigns, expert use of Geographic Information Systems, effective writing, training, and clear, concise communications.  

CP&EA is designed to be responsive and available to our clients. We collaborate with an expert team of associate professionals who provide specialty services often needed to support our planning and environmental work. These include land use and environmental law, hydrogeology, environmental engineering, landscape architecture, and economic development planners.