TOWNSCAPE, INC.

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Contact Information

Telephone
(808) 536-6999
Facsimile
(808) 524-4998
Postal address  
900 Fort Street, Suite 1160
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Electronic mail
General Information: mail@townscapeinc.com

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Who We Are

TOWNSCAPE, INC., is a planning and design company that was established in 1991 with offices in downtown Honolulu. Current staff size is five full-time planners plus support personnel.

TOWNSCAPE, INC. is an outgrowth and continuation of TOWNSCAPE ASSOCIATES, a planning company that was established by the same founder, Bruce Tsuchida, in Massachusetts in 1976. Townscape Associates provided land planning services to landowners and developers, and town planning services to New England cities and towns and to New England Native American communities.

 

 

TOWNSCAPE, INC. provides planning and design services to public and private sector clients, including:

  • Community-Based Planning
  • Town Planning
  • Regional Land Use and Open Space Plans
  • Master Plans for New Communities
  • Urban Redevelopment Plans
  • Town Center Revitalization Plans
  • Land Development Feasibility Studies
  • State Land Use Boundary Amendment Petitions
  • County General Plan and Rezoning Applications
  • Special Environmental Permits
  • Environmental Impact Statements
  • Project Management Services
  • Watershed Management Plans
  • Cultural Center Plans

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Meet Our Staff

TOWNSCAPE's professional planning staff has diverse experiences and skills, with special knowledge in land planning; site planning; biology/ecology; and native Hawaiian language, history, and culture.

Please click on a name to see the staff member's Resume.

  • President/Principal Planner Bruce Tsuchida
  • Planners                                 Sherri Hiraoka
                                                     Barbara Natale
                                                     Harmonee T. Williams 
                                                     Andrew Hokuola Choy
                                                    
     

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Services

TOWNSCAPE, INC. provides a range of planning and design services to public and private clients, including:

 

Please click on a type of service to see a listing of projects.

Townscape, Inc. has a strong commitment to providing quality planning services and products, on time and within budget.

Townscape, Inc. is a small, minority-owned planning and design company that was established in 1991 with offices in downtown Honolulu. The company's location in the heart of downtown Honolulu provides efficiency in terms of access to information, government agencies, and private businesses.

Townscape, Inc. has demonstrated a high level of technical competence in a variety of planning assignments for both public and private clients. Many of our projects involve coordination with Federal, State, and City agencies, and community leaders, organizations, and groups. The variety of clientele and working relations provides us the knowledge and experience of assessing situations from many points of view.

Townscape's staff members are each equipped with a desk-top PC-based computer and scanner and are skilled in word processing and other computer applications, such as:

  • Powerpoint
  • Excel
  • Microsoft Project
  • Autocad
  • Arc View  

Townscape's planners are skilled in computer-aided drawing as well as hand graphics for quick conceptual "idea sketches" and for color renderings for presentation purposes.

Townscape achieves quality control through a number of project management tools and techniques, including:

  • Overall Work Plan and Work Schedule for all major projects
  • Weekly staff meeting to schedule the week's work on all projects
  • In-house project reviews at critical points
  • Review and editing of all draft reports by the Principal Planner
  • Pre-printing review of all major reports for format and consistency
  • Post-printing review of all major reports prior to submitting to ensure that all copies are complete and properly collated.

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Selected Projects

Please click on a project for a sample graphic and brief description.  

Northwest Hawaii Open Space and Development Plan
Kealakekua Ranch Master Plan
North Maui Master Plan -- Paia-Haiku Community Plan Area
Kukuiula Planned Community
Military Family Housing Plan
Kapalama Planning Program
Fort DeRussy Master Plan
Kau to South Kona Water Master Plan
Pualaa Hawaiian Cultural Center Plan
Waipa Site Plan and Development Program
Waianae Sustainable Communities Plan
Kalaeloa Lands Redevelopment Feasibility Study
Haleiwa Commercial Lands Concept Plans
Tropical Urban Forestry Master Plan
Humuula/Piihonua Land Use Concepts
Keahole to Honaunau Regional Circulation Plan
Army Residential Communities Initiative Stakeholder Workshops
Kalihi-Palama Action Plan
West Honolulu Watershed Study
Ala Wai Watershed
USARHAW South 21st Century Master Plan

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Projects List

Please follow this link for a comprehensive, chronological listing of Townscape, Inc.'s completed and current projects.