We provide comprehensive, practical and actionable solutions to enhance and strengthen communities and organizations.
We provide the following Services:
Development Projects. MJC completes project specific market studies, feasibility studies, development proposals, grant writing and CEQA documents for non-profit, for-profit and government development projects.
Economics and Economic Development. MJC prepares Comprehensive Economic Development strategies, community-wide economic development strategies, retail leakage analysis, and fiscal impact studies.
Current Planning. MJC completes project analysis and preperation of all support documents for current planning reviews, inclduing preparing staff reports, relevant CEQA analyses, resolutions, and hearing notices.
Long Range Planning. MJC works with your community to prepare comprehensive land use and ordinance updates, including Coastal Zone planning. MJC supports the planning and policy development process with community outreach, workshops, surveys, market analysis and environmental review.
Environment. MJC completes analytical research, prepares reports and develops policy approaches and strategies to address climate change at the local level, including GHG analysis, sea level rise studies and the formulation of climate change policies. MJC also completes project and program level CEQA documents (ND, MND and EIRs).
Housing. MJC develops Housing Elements with solid and implementable housing policies, which are supported by the community and market analysis and feasibility analysis.
Parks. MJC planned and managed the development of the world class 104 -acre Noyo Headlands Park, including: securing $13 million in grants; managing the community design process and the design team; managing the completion of all resources studies; completing all permitting and the EIR for the project; budget management, and managing the construction team.
Grant Writing. MJC has written numerious successful grant applications for parks, public facilities, affordable housing and planning activities. Marie Jones has raised $29 million in grant funds over the past 20 years for a variety of civic and non-profit projects and plans.
We provide excellent service and prompt turnaround at an affordable cost to public, private and non-profit clients throughout California.
“Ms. Jones’ approach provided us with much more than the typical report that sits on a shelf. By educating and involving staff in the formulation of the City’s recently adopted Green Building and Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Policies, Ms. Jones insured that our staff and all City departments have bought into and are well educated about the new policies. Ms. Jones brings excellent sustainability expertise to her projects. She is a great facilitator who understands that process is as important as outcomes. She is pleasant to work with and highly regarded by a wide variety of people at the City of Long Beach.” - Angela Reynolds, City of Long Beach, CA