Jessica Seyforth's Contact Details

Jessica Seyforth's Company Details

Urbana Preservation & Planning, LLC

, California, United States • 1 - 10 Employees
Architecture & Planning

Urbana Preservation & Planning, LLC (Urbana) is a boutique client-centric consulting firm offering specialized urban planning, historic preservation, cultural resources, history and architectural history services. Urbana's principal project team members maintain certification in the American Institute of Certified Planners. Our historians and planners meet The Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualification Standards for Historic Preservation Professionals in the disciplines of History, Architectural History, and Archaeology, as well as the expanded draft Professional Qualification Standards in the disciplines of Historic Preservation and Land Use/Community Planning. Urbana's mission is to inform the future of the built environment by acknowledging the past. We educate and engage people on the history of place and the importance of recognizing and retaining historically and architecturally significant properties. We provide regulatory compliance support for owners and occupants of historic-era properties. Urbana delivers results with technical expertise, consensus-building, and creative solutions. Urbana's clients include municipalities, local, state and federal government agencies, planning and development firms, private property owners, architects, attorneys, non-profit preservation advocacy groups, allied professionals and utility providers. We provide the following services.• CEQA, NEPA, NHPA Section 106 Analysis• Municipal / Agency Preservation Program & Ordinance Development• NRHP, CRHR, & Local Register Eligibility Evaluations• Historic Surveys • Historic Context Statements• Preservation Plans & Elements• Project Alternatives & Mitigation Development & Execution• Participatory Workshops / Charrette Facilitation• Design Guidelines• Preservation Incentives Analysis• Aesthetic / Visual Analysis & Character-Defining Feature Studies• Sign Studies• Mills Act & Federal Historic Rehabilitation Investment Tax• Historic District Nominations