The Villavaso Group (TVG ) is a minority woman-owned professional Urban Planning and Market Analysis Consulting firm With principals having over 60 years of combined experience in Urban Planning, Network Engineering, and Policy Development. 

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TVG provides expert technical assistance in Master Urban Planning, Land Use, Zoning, Permitting and License Management, Demographic Frameworks, Data Management and Analysis, Environmental Assessment Preparation, Policy Change Management, and litigation support to various public and private clients. TVG assists clients with special studies by gathering and analyzing existing data, especially cartographic data. TVG uses the data as guidance for drafting technical reports and policy development.

 

TVG carefully curates team members and partner firms to collectively deliver ‘best-in-class’ capability and expertise, both necessary to successfully assist in completing the tasks presented in Architecture and Engineering, Planning, Design, Equity Lens Framework, Change management toolkits, Market Analysis, and Feasibility Study specifically relative to Land Use and Zoning assessments and Socio-economic impacts, and with the development of robust equitable public stakeholder engagement and outreach plan.

 

TVG has comprehensive experience in governmental structures, public affairs, community engagement, legislation and policies, and extensive involvement with Louisiana planning and economic development initiatives. Additionally, the firm has capabilities and experience in program management, data collection, quantitative and qualitative analysis, policy development, and community engagement, including a vast knowledge of community and small business engagement and equity research practices.

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TVG is qualified in the areas of Zoning, Land Use, Urban and Regional Planning, Permitting, Licensing, Public Outreach, Contract Management, NEPA Environmental Impact Statements, and other professional services, which include Project Management, Administrative Services, Quality Control, Construction Material Testing, Inspection Services, and GIS mapping.

 

TVG maintains the following Certification: 

• Louisiana State and Local Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (SLDBE)

• LOUISIANA UNIFIED CERTIFICATION PROGRAM (LA UCP) (DBE)

• Oregon's Office for Business Inclusion and Diversity (COBID Certification No.: 13756)

• Mississippi Department of Transportation DBE

• City of Jackson, Mississippi - Female Business Enterprise (FBE)

• City of Jackson, Mississippi - Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)

• California Department of Transportation CalTrans DBE

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