Regions and Communities

1. We see communities in a regional context—as interconnected systems of mutually dependent resources rather than jurisdictional entities.  From this perspective, caring for the character and health of places requires adaptive planning and design that is in harmony with the land. Climate change brings a heightened urgency to this task.  Now is the time to understand and adapt to its impacts, and to craft sustainable solutions to our changing relationship with nature.  From the neighborhood, city, regional to global scales, improving the balance of the natural and built environment is good design and good business.  

3. Practice Areas

4. Scenic conservation
   Regional & community planning
   Conservation-based development
   Eco- and agri-tourism
   Transportation corridors

Balboa ParK
Land Use, Circulation, and Parking Study

San Diego, California
City of San Diego Park and Recreation Department

Balboa Park is one the nation’s largest and most diverse urban parks. In response to growing use, we worked with park stakeholders to preserve the park’s magical balance of formal gardens, natural open spaces and cultural attractions.  more

CABOT'S PUEBLO MUSEUM SITE MASTER PLAN

DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
CITY OF DESERT HOT SPRINGS

Jones & Jones is preparing a vision and site master plan for the Cabot's Pueblo Museum Complex at the edge of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts.  more

Desert Claim Wind Power Siting

Kittitas County, Washington
Desert Claim Wind Project

Jones & Jones prepared a visual analysis of a proposedwind energy facility in the ranchlands of Washington’sKittitas County.  more

Full Circle Farm Restoration and Trail Plan

Carnation, Washington
Stewardship Partners

Full Circle Farm, the largest community-supported agriculture operation in the Pacific Northwest, provides weekly boxes of organic vegetables for the urban areas of Seattle and Bellevue. more

Great Spokane River Gorge Strategic Master Plan

Spokane, Washington
Friends of the Falls

The master plan presents comprehensive strategies to integrate the natural, cultural and recreational resources of this great natural resource with downtown and the surrounding neighborhoods.  more

HAWAII STATEWIDE HIGHWAY SYSTEM SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE MASTER PLAN

With Ki Concepts
Hawaii Department of Transportation

In collaboration with Honolulu-based Ki Concepts, Jones & Jones is developing a landscape master plan for making Hawaii's statewide highway system more in accordance with the traditional values of "Pono" - environmentally sustainable and integrated with the local setting. more

ILARIS

Various Locations
ESRI

Jones & Jones has created an open-source, watershed-based GIS tool to help landowners and community leaders identify the foremost examples of their regional landscape—their signature landscapes—and to support decision-making to protect these scenic, ecological, and culturally sensitive lands.  more

Ketchikan Design Services for Downtown Neighborhoods

Ketchikan, Alaska
Ketchikan Gateway Borough

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Planning Department selected Jones & Jones, Millard + Associates Architects and Reeves International Associates to provide Urban Design guidelines and Landscape Architectural Design services for three Downtown neighborhoods; Downtown, Old Town and Newtown. more

Madrona COVE: A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY

VASHON ISLAND, WASHINGTON
NORTHWEST STEWARDS

The master plan preserves the majority of the site as a community sanctuary. This nature-inspired community design offers an adaptable model for place-based sustainability in rural settings. more

Moccasin Bend and Stringer's Ridge Gateway

Chattanooga, Tennessee
Regional Planning Authority

Jones & Jones is developing a plan for a gateway corridor connecting greater Chattanooga to the Moccasin Bend Archaeological District and the Stringer’s Ridge Nature Preserve. more

Mountains to Sound Greenway

Seattle to Cle Elum, Washington
Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust

The 120-mile Mountains to Sound Greenway courses from the shores of Puget Sound, across Lake Washington and over the Cascade Mountains to the ponderosa forests and prairies of eastern Washington. more

MUKILTEO MULTIMODAL FACILITY CULTURAL DESIGN CONCEPT

MULKITEO, WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES, WASHINGTON

Jones & Jones developed design concepts reflecting Coast Salish People's cultural identity to be integrated into the site and buildings of this major new transportation facility on the Puget Sound shoreline. more

Paris-Lexington Road

Paris to Lexington, Kentucky
With H.W. Lochner, Engineers
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

Reconstruction of the Paris-Lexington Road, commonly known as Paris Pike, entailed routing and designing an historic highway through the scenic landscape of Kentucky bluegrass country.It was one of the most design-intensive highway projectssince the Merritt and Blueridge Parkways of the 1930s.  more

Puget Sound Action Agenda

The Puget Sound Basin, Western Washington
The Puget Sound Partnership

Jones & Jones provided key support to the Puget Sound Partnership in shaping a regional action agenda to protect and restore the Puget Sound ecosystem.  more

Rio Nuevo Cultural Facilities District Master Plan

Tucson, Arizona
City of Tucson

Our collaboration with economists, archaeologists, city managers and neighborhoods produced a shared vision for revitalizing Tucson’s heart.  more

San Diego River Park Master Plan

San Diego, California
City of San Diego Park & Recreation Department

The San Diego River Park Master Plan envisions a greenway trail system extending from the river’s mouth to its mountain headwaters. Jones & Jones defined the ecological framework fora 12-mile segment of river through downtown from Mission Bay to Mission Trails Regional Park.  more

SITKA Seawalk

SITKA, ALASKA
CITY AND BOROUGH OF SITKA

As part of the larger Downtown Disticts Master Plan team, Jones & Jones developed a waterfront seawalk plan linking several downtown districts from McConnel Bridge to the National Historic Park. more

Skokomish Highway 101 Corridor Master Plan

Skokomish, Washington
Skokomish Tribe

The corridor master plan for Skokomish, Washington, establishes a framework for new community and economic development along U.S. Highway 101.  more

Sleeping Lady: A Mountain Resort

North Cascades, Washington
Harriet Bullitt

Nestled in a secluded North Cascades mountain valley among towering Ponderosa pines beside the pristine Icicle Creek, this premier hospitality and performing arts venue embodies the spirit of the Mountain Northwest.  more

U.S. Highway 93 through the Flathead Indian Reservation

Evaro to Polson, Montana
Montana Department of Transportation, the Confederated Tribes of the Salish & Kootenai, and the Federal Highway Administration

U.S. Highway 93 traverses the Flathead Indian Reservationfor fifty-five miles along the base of the Mission Mountains in western Montana on its way to Glacier National Park.  more

Wrangell Downtown Revitalization Concept Plan

Wrangell, Alaska
City of Wrangell

Jones & Jones developed a plan to provide the City of Wrangell with an accessible and attractive waterfront downtown district for residents and cruise-ship visitors alike.  more

Yakima River Regional Greenway

Yakima County, Washington
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission

Our study of the ten-mile river corridor through metropolitan Yakima determined its suitability for recreation, protection, and reclamation, leading to its designation as a state conservation area. more