Case Studies

These case studies demonstrate how CommunityViz software and services have been used for real-world decision-making experiences.

Click on a marker on the map to view a case study's title and description, then click on the title to view the case study as a PDF.

• Allegheny Places
  Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — County comprehensive plan: "What's your favorite place?"
• Delmarva Atlantic Watershed Network
  Sussex County, Delaware; Worchester County, Maryland; Accomack and Northampton Counties, Virginia — Tackling natural resource issues in four counties across three states
• City Comprehensive Plan
  Durango, Colorado — Innovative approaches to informed, inclusive planning
• Innovative City Planning
  Fort Lupton, Colorado — Award-winning plan extends "outside the box"
• Wind Farm Visualization
  Manchester, Vermont — "What would five turbines look like on 'our' mountain?"
• Regional Plan: MetroFuture
  Boston, Massachussetts — Making a Greater Boston Region
• Small Town Build-Out Study
  Middlebury, Vermont — Revealing the unexpected
• Downtown and Riverfront Visualization
  Middlebury, Vermont — Developing 3D visualization resources to support ongoing community planning
• Land-Use/Transportation Integration
  Nashville Area, Tennessee — Forecasting regional development for socioeconomic and transportation planning
• Hazard Assessment and Planning
  Squamish, British Columbia, Canada — Linking natural hazard risk assessment and community planning using Pathways-DM
• Topsham Natural Areas Plan
  Topsham, Maine — Natural resource planning incorporating community values

• Regional Vision
  Washington County, Utah — Residents develop Vision Dixie Principles and Vision Scenario
• Planning for Agriculture
  Calumet County, Wisconsin — Targeting working lands using LESA
• Transit Oriented Development
  Westminster, Colorado — Visualizing the community's goals at the station
• CommunityViz at Work in Australia
  Australia — Five projects from Down Under
• Visions & Values in the Rural "Borderlands"
  Exeter, Rhode Island — Developing a game plan for the future
• Large Scale Land Conservation Planning
  Northern Rocky Mountains in Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming — Heart of the Rockies
• Dam Removal Visualization
  Klamath River, California and Oregon — Picturing the future of the Klamath River
• Integrated Land-Sea Planning
  Aransas County, Texas — A three-component toolkit for coastal planning
• City Comprehensive Plan
  Montrose, Colorado — Engaging residents in scenario planning
• Comprehensive Transportation Plan
  Mooresville, North Carolina — Knitting together land-use and transportation decision making through scenario planning
• Large Area Planning for Growth and Conservation
  St. George, Utah — Growth scenarios for St. George's 10,000-acre South Block