Brown & Keener is a multi-disciplinary urban design and planning firm. We specialize in helping public agencies and civic organizations develop planning, design, and implementation strategies that are creative and get results.

Our approach is to understand the natural and built context of a place, generate and coordinate civic participation, and envision possibilities that capture the imagination and have a clear path to implementation.

Our work results in real change—public investments that signal new energy and commitment; downtowns that invite new businesses and visitors; neighborhoods that become places of choice for residents and businesses; clients and community members who are charged with a new sense of vision and possibility.

We engage in work at a range of sizes and scales, from rural villages to big city downtowns. Our projects include plans for neighborhoods and commercial corridors; parks, squares, and waterfronts; towns, counties, and regions.

We embrace creative collaboration with artists, architects, landscape architects and graphic designers and technical collaboration with civil, maritime, and transportation engineers, while grounding our work in the realities of today’s marketplace. The outcomes are often unexpected, but they always build on a community’s traditions and aspirations—and enrich its sense of place.

Brown & Keener is also a PennDOT ECMS Partner