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Hallmark Planning & Development leads comprehensive and neighborhood-scale planning efforts that help communities move from vision to implementation. Our work includes comprehensive plans, corridor studies, neighborhood revitalization strategies, and implementation frameworks that align land use, housing, transportation, and economic development goals. Each plan is grounded in equity, data, and community priorities, ensuring it is both aspirational and actionable.

We design and lead inclusive, transparent engagement processes that elevate resident voices and build trust with stakeholders. Our approach combines in-person meetings, stakeholder advisory committees, surveys, workshops, and digital engagement tools to reach diverse audiences. Engagement outcomes are clearly documented and translated into decision-ready insights that inform planning, design, and policy.

Hallmark provides conceptual urban design and site planning services that transform community input into clear physical visions. Our work includes site layouts, public space concepts, corridor design, and visualizations that support public understanding and agency decision-making. We focus on human-centered design that improves accessibility, safety, and neighborhood identity.

Our team conducts robust demographic, socioeconomic, market, and GIS analyses to support evidence-based planning and development. We translate complex data into clear maps, dashboards, and narratives that are accessible to both technical audiences and the public. This analytical foundation strengthens grant applications, policy decisions, and long-term investment strategies.

Hallmark assists local and county governments in navigating federal entitlement programs by supporting the preparation of Consolidated Plans, Annual Action Plans, needs assessments, and required public engagement. We help agencies align HUD compliance requirements with community priorities, funding strategies, and implementation goals. Our work ensures that local municipalities entitlement funds are deployed strategically, transparently, and in a manner that maximizes community impact.m description

Real estate development is the core of Hallmark Planning & Development’s work. We partner with organizations on transforming underutilized and overlooked properties into vibrant, productive, and community-serving spaces. We work with in the adaptive reuse of mixed-use buildings, redevelopment of vacant parcels, and the repositioning of residential, retail, and commercial properties to meet evolving neighborhood needs. Our approach emphasizes equitable development and housing models that support long-term, sustainable wealth creation, ensuring projects generate lasting value for residents, investors, and communities. Hallmark provides end-to-end development services, including site selection, feasibility analysis, entitlements, financing coordination, and project management, guiding projects from concept through construction and activation.

We provide sales and leasing (HUNT Commercial), advisory, and development support for commercial, mixed-use, and community-serving real estate projects. Our services include site selection, feasibility analysis, stakeholder coordination, and transaction support. Hallmark bridges planning and real estate to ensure projects are both financially viable and aligned with neighborhood goals.

Environmental justice is one of the core focus of Hallmark’s work, ensuring that historically overburdened communities are meaningfully involved in decisions that affect their health, environment, and quality of life. Our experience includes leading community engagement and planning for the Buffalo Sewer Authority’s Queen City Clean Waters Initiative, the Open Buffalo Eco Center Development Project, and the WE ACT for Environmental Justice project. We integrate environmental data, public health considerations, and community knowledge to advance equitable infrastructure, climate resilience, and environmental outcomes that prioritize those most impacted by environmental harm.