Mercer Planning Associates

Mercer Planning Associates, LLC (MPA) is a boutique land-use planning firm based in Jersey City that provides comprehensive services to public sector clients. Established in 2007, the firm’s mission is to facilitate a sustainable future through community planning. Capitalizing on staff’s public and nonprofit experience navigating regional and state government, the firm adeptly assists its clients in their efforts to implement sustainable growth principles. MPA is prepared to oversee myriad projects, including transportation safety, transit oriented development (TOD), redevelopment and rehabilitation, and economic development. MPA staff has also managed complex, large-scale projects such as the Statewide TDR Pilot Program and the NJ Highlands Master Plan Up-date. One of the firm’s core assets is the ability to coordinate diverse stakeholders and garner inter-governmental coordination for complex planning projects. MPA staff has managed intensive stakeholder engagement initiatives that involve coordinating advisory committees, stakeholder focus groups, public workshops, community pop-ups, and safety demonstration projects, as well as multilingual communications and promotion. Most recently, these services were provided for the Mulberry Commons Vision & Master Plan, NewBus Hudson, NJTPA’s Long Range Plan, and various Safe Streets Action Plans for NJ counties and municipalities. MPA also provides baseline/trend analyses and strategic planning services, most recently for the Newark Airport City Economic Feasibility Study, the Kearny Urban Enterprise Zone Development Plan, and the Union Special Improvement District Strategic Plan. MPA is a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) certified under the Unified Certification Program (UCP) in NJ, NY and CA; an SBE certified with the NJ Dept of Treasury; a Woman-owned Business Enterprise (WBE) and Small Business Enterprise (SBE) certified by the PANYNJ.