The MAS Planning Center offers training workshops and technical consulting services to community groups and community boards to assist them in improving their neighborhoods.

Livable Neighborhoods Program

The Livable Neighborhoods Program, a project of the Municipal Art Society Planning Center, was created to provide communities with the knowledge, tools, and training needed to transform local vision into effective plans. The program, first launched at Hunter College in 2007, provides participants with in-person training, a take-home comprehensive community planning toolkit, and access to a web-based network for ongoing discussion. Growth is at an all time high in New York City. The Livable Neighborhoods Program is designed to help communities plan for equitable and sustainable growth-now and in the future. To sign up for the next session of the Livable Neighborhoods Program, contact the Planning Center via e-mail or call 212-935-3960.

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Consulting Services

The Center provides one-on-one technical assistance to community-based organizations that engage in planning projects to advance their neighborhood advocacy efforts. Contact us for assistance in obtaining neighborhood-level data, creating community mapping projects, working with elected officials, conducting local planning workshops, and getting started with neighborhood planning.