Consultant Notes from the Field: Climate Action Planning

BERK is working with local communities to develop Climate Elements as required by HB 1181.

BERK workMichele Eakins-TeSelleOctober 10, 2023lisa, conference, climate, ben, casey, jessie, benh, ben h, stefanie

What We're Working On - March 2023

2023 is off to a great start! Building off a busy end of year, we're working on impactful local and statewide policy issues, including transportation, affordable housing, municipal finance, and land use planning.

BERK workMichele Eakins-TeSelleMarch 15, 2023allegra, brian, lisa, andrew, kevinr, adam, benh, ben, casey, chloe, dawn, haydeb, jessie, josh, julia, kamal, katherine, lisaj, maddie, maria, michele, michelle, oliver, stefanie, sabrina, trish, yasir, katherine c

BERK’s School District Experience

For the past two years BERK has been providing student generation rates services, conducting robust and defensible analysis to support school districts’ impact fee calculations.

Webinar: Commerce releases guidance for housing action plans

A webinar on this guidance is planned for 1:30 – 3 p.m. on July 8.

2019 Predictions - scorecard

We made some bold predictions to kick off 2019 - how did we fare?

Just for funMichele Eakins-TeSelleJanuary 7, 2020berk, 2020, year end, predictions, michele, casey, maria

2019 Governor's Smart Communities Awards

BERK projects with Bonney Lake, Lakewood, and Tacoma win at the 2019 Washington Governor’s Smart Communities Awards!

Michele Eakins-TeSelleJune 28, 2019planning, awards, housing, subarea, planned action, lakewood, bonney lake, tacoma, kevinr, lisa, erika, casey, hc feature

BERK turns 30!

In July 2018, BERK celebrated 30 years in business! We were joined at our office by friends, family, partners, and clients - many of whom we’ve had relationships with for decades.