Founded by David Early in 1995, Design, Community & Environment (DC&E) provides a comprehensive range of planning and design services in comprehensive planning, urban design, landscape architecture, transportation and bicycle planning, and environmental review, all with an emphasis on smart growth.  We believe that responsible planning and design reflect the communities they serve and work in concert with the natural environment.


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Green Certified Business
DC&E recently acquired the planning practice of Bill Fulton’s Solimar Research Group, Inc. providing planning services to government agencies, land conservation organizations and developers in urban planning, Transfer of Development Rights and metropolitan growth trends documentation. 

With offices in Berkeley and Ventura, we provide our clients with state-of-the-art technology and methods in all aspects of our planning, design and landscape architecture. We have in-house capabilities in GIS, CAD, computerized graphics production, visual simulations, and report production. 

DC&E is also now Green Business Certified.

As its name implies, DC&E's work is based on three basic principles:

D E S I G N
Almost every planning decision has effects on our physical environment. DC&E is committed to ensuring that development projects and planning policy have positive design implications.

C O M M U N I T Y
DC&E believes that planning and design decisions must reflect local communities' needs. For this reason, DC&E stresses community involvement and public participation as cornerstones of its work.

E N V I R O N M E N T
In order to sustain itself into the future, our society must find development patterns that respect the natural environment. Therefore, DC&E stresses environmental responsibility and stewardship in planning and design.