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Founding Principles Houseal Lavigne began with a set of founding principles that still guide every project we undertake. By continually honoring these principles, we have reliably and repeatedly served our clients, established trust and strong professional relationships, and produced results that exceed expectations, and developed plans that have served as points of pride for communities. By adhering to our founding principles, we have emerged as one of the most respected, trusted, innovative, and effective firms in the industry. Our founding principles are: Better Community Outreach. We believe strongly in fostering a sense of "community stewardship" by using an inclusive approach to stakeholder engagement as a foundation for all our projects. Commitment to Creativity. We believe vision and creativity are among the most important components of good planning and design, and we pledge to provide fresh, responsive, and intriguing ideas for local consideration. Graphic Communication. We believe all planning processes and documents should utilize a highly illustrative and graphic approach to better communicate planning and development concepts in a user friendly, easy to understand, and attractive manner. Technology Integration. We believe the integration of emerging technologies should be used to improve the planning process and product - improving public engagement and involvement, fostering evidence -based decision -making, and producing more effective documents and recommendations. Client Satisfaction. We believe meeting the needs of our clients is a top priority and we strive to achieve it by developing and maintaining strong professional relationships, being responsive to clients' concerns and aspirations, and always aiming to exceed expectations. Award -Winning Planning As a testament to our firm's overall approach and project methodologies, Houseal Lavigne has frequently been recognized across the country by our peers and honored with awards and special recognition. Houseal Lavigne has received multiple awards for "Best Plan" from several state chapters of the American Planning Association (APA) in categories including comprehensive plan, strategic plan, community outreach, innovation, healthy communities, and best tool or practice. In addition, Houseal Lavigne was awarded the APA's 2014 National Planning Excellence Award for an Emerging Planning and Design Firm. Upon receiving the award, the APA recognized our innovative planning approach, targeted implementation strategies, creative and effective outreach, integration of emergent technologies, industry - leading graphic communication, and noted our firm's overall influence on the planning profession across the United States. Very recently, in April of 2020, Houseal Lavigne's work with the Town of Morrisville received two awards for the use of technology as part of the Land Use Plan and Town Center 3D Scenarios Visualization. This includes the American Planning Association - Technology Division's Smart Cities Award and Esri's Special Achievement in GIS Award. Both awards recognized the innovative use of tools and software including CityEngine and Unreal Engine to visualize and analyze different land use scenarios for Morrisville's Town Center. City of Elk River, Minnesota I Comprehensive Plan Update Prepared by Houseal Lavigne