We bring
places to life.

Yard & Company is an urban design studio that changes the way places are planned, built, and operated.

We partner with cities, developers, districts, neighborhoods, and non-profits to make great places.

Our work doesn’t just live on paper - it’s built through:

  • Comprehensive Plans

  • Small Area Plans

  • Vision & Growth Plans

  • Master Planning

  • Development Strategy

  • Place Branding

  • Place Marketing

  • Operating Systems

  • Community Engagement

  • Experiential Activations

  • Placemaking

  • Place Management

Featured Projects

  • Downtown Gateway and Underpass Design

  • A Small Town Master Plan with Big Results

  • Brining New Life into a Local Staple

  • A Little Goes A Long Way

  • Building a District With the Community

SEE OUR CASE STUDIES

  • Planning

  • Development

  • Branding

  • Activation

  • Operation

OUR SERVICES

  • “ What sets the Yard Team apart is their genuine commitment to understanding our community. They didn’t just focus on technical aspects but grasped our intricacies, leveraging them to keep the project moving forward. ”

    Ray Caldwell, Placemaking Program Officer | Community Foundation of Elkhart County

  • " Our community master site plan that was prepared and presented by Yard & Co truly reflected the voice of the neighborhood yet opened the door to opportunities none of us saw initially. "

    Jim Beckett, Partner, Re:Land Development Group

  • " Yard & Company presented a groundbreaking idea for the Marianne theatre, a project once considered impossible, their out-of-the-box thinking stands out as the most viable solution. "

    Charlie Cleves, Mayor, Bellevue, KY

  • " Yard & Co. was able to get us to look beyond our day to day workloads and regulations and focus on achieving good outcomes. "

    Paula Shea AICP, Assistant Director of Planning, City of Norfolk, VA

  • " In every respect, Yard & Co. is professional, creative, and goal-oriented, while at the same time fun to work with. "

    Gordon Davis, Former Executive Director | Mount Washington CDC (Pittsburgh)