The Sethi Riggs partnerships embraces an integrated mindset using the concept of sustainability as defined by (1) a sound economic base, (2) environmental responsibility and (3) social responsiveness. This recognizes the difficult tradeoffs that we may be required to face within the planning process but proposes to articulate a vision of a fully sustainable, integrated ecosystem.
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Sethi Riggs Consulting is small, woman-owned strategic urban consulting practice focusing on real estate development, land use, economics, and transportation. The goal of the company is to integrate pragmatic and comprehensive strategies to shape a holistic and sustainable design solutions to urban issues, and to provide a platform for social learning – building bridges between academia and the professional world, while creating great communities, not just great places.
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Experience
Sethi Riggs has experience working with public, private, non-profit, and institutional clients internationally and in the U.S. This compliments training in fields of city planning, economic development, urban design, transportation, geography, public health and policy, real estate development, finance and marketing. We have been recognized for outstanding work by the American Planning Association (APA), the Society of Military Engineers (SAME), Society of College and University Planners (SCUP) and the National Science Foundation.
Capabilities include:
- Market Studies, Fiscal Impact Analysis, Economic Development Strategies, Life-cycle and Benefit Cost Analysis, Public/Private Partnerships, Sustainable/Green Business Cluster Analysis, Strategic Finance and Entrepreneurial/Branding Advice
- Masterplanning, Regeneration Strategies, Site Planning and Land Use, Land Use Strategies, Feasibility/Options Analysis, Sustainable Design Issues, Design Charrettes and Meeting Facilitation, LEED® Consulting
- Climate Change Analysis, Environmental Review, Environmental Costs and Constraints, Health and Safety, Social benefits and Community Development
- Strategic Traffic Analysis, Travel Demand Management Strategies, Trip Generation Post-Processing, Street-Level Analysis/Pedestrian Studies, Accessibility Analysis, Walkability Assessment
Sethi Riggs also focuses on reinforcing ties with academia, through research and professional publications. This includes the pursuit of academic grants, commissioned research or articles, literature reviews, magazine/journal contributions, critical assessment and program review, editorials, articles, and blog submissions. Sethi Riggs has engaged in interdisciplinary research with UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design and School of Public Health, and has affiliation the University of California Transportation Center (UCTC) the National Science Foundation Fellow and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. We are also committed members of the Greenbelt Alliance’s Compact Development Team and pedestrian safety advisory and advocacy groups.
Select Projects
Planning, Economic, Environmental and Real Estate Services
US Coast Guard, California, Hawaii, and Guam
Napa Pipe Redevelopment Plan, Sustainability and Transportation
Napa Redevelopment Partners, Napa, CA
Westfield UTC, LEED® ND Proposal, San Diego, CA
Westfield Goup, North America, Los Angeles, CA
Economic Element and West-side Industrial Study
City of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
Entrepreneurial Development Plan and Analysis
California State Parks, Sacramento, CA
Master Plan Proposal and GIS Basemap
University of Louisville/Town of Dangriga, Belize, C.A
Economic Development and Urban Design, Old Louisville
Old Louisville Shalom, Louisville, KY
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Contact Information
Sethi Riggs Consulting
email: info@sethiriggs.com
phone: 510.205.5944
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