Partnerships
Our work is unique and multifaceted, spanning many issues and challenges facing communities and public agencies.
Woodvalley Community Strategies relies on long-standing relationships and partners to continue many of the projects that we have been working on for years. We are proud to partner with Mead & Hunt to continue work on projects in small towns (and big cities) throughout the mid-Atlantic, and to build new partnerships to achieve better outcomes for those communities.
Our goal is to build project-specific teams and partner with subject matter experts who are responsive to community needs.
Montgomery County Access Management Policy
Montgomery County Access Management Policy
Montgomery County Access Management Policy
When the Montgomery County Planning Department wanted to assess and update the County’s roadway access management projects, we partnered with Dr. Kristine Williams of the Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida. Dr. Williams is one of the nation’s foremost experts on the topic and has written numerous research studies for the Transportation Research Board and advised several state DOT’s on their policies and practices. Find more on the access management study here.
Pope’s Creek Waterfront Park Master Plan
Montgomery County Access Management Policy
Montgomery County Access Management Policy
After acquiring the 17-acre waterfront property, formerly the home of Gilligan’s Pier, the Charles County Department of Department of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism need a to create a master plan for the area. WCS Principal Jamie led the project, partnered with Floura Teeter Landscape Architects to develop the plan. Public and private funds are now being secured by the Department to advance the project’s earliest phases – restoring public access to the beach, creating a living shoreline, and building an amphitheater for public events.
Resiliency and Watershed Planning
Montgomery County Access Management Policy
Resiliency and Watershed Planning
Throughout the mid-Atlantic, the Center for Watershed Protection is a trusted adviser to local governments on issues relating to water resources and healthy ecosystems through their expertise on responsible land and water management. WCS Principal Jamie brought CWP aboard Mead & Hunt’s team to develop the "Bryans Road Subarea Plan" in Charles County, MD – an area long fraught with battles between environmentalists and developers. CWP served as an “honest broker” and helped to develop a science-based approach to the land use plan, fencing off the most sensitive areas from development while permitting responsible growth elsewhere in the area. CWP is also a WCS’/Mead & Hunt partner on the Chesapeake City and Charlestown comprehensive plans under development in 2024.
Trails Planning in Rural Areas
Montgomery County Access Management Policy
Resiliency and Watershed Planning
After a difficult trail planning project in rural Frederick County, a new approach was needed to work with rural landowners skeptical of potential land acquisition by the local government. Although the county had no intention of acquiring property by eminent domain for the trail, unfounded rumors spread among land owners. Needing a trusted local voice on future rural trail projects, the WCS/Mead & Hunt Team partnered with the Catoctin Land Trust to start work on a trail planning study between Boonsboro and the Washington Monument State Park. As of the spring 2024, the project is proceeding well and in good communications with property owners in the trail corridor.