News & Insights

6 Jun
EPS Analysis Informs City of Sebastopol Approval of Hotel Project
Jason Moody

EPS Managing Principal Jason Moody presented on the post-pandemic prospects for Bay Area Downtowns at that Bay Area Planning Directors Fall meeting held at the Bay Area Metro Center on November 18...Read More

Sabastopol, CA
EPS Analysis Informs City of Sebastopol Approval of Hotel Project
Jason Moody
May 28, 2025

An EPS fiscal impact analysis was a key factor in the Sebastopol City Council’s recent approval of an 83-room boutique hotel project planned adjacent to the popular Barlow Market.

29 May
EPS Denver Has Moved Office Locations

EPS Managing Principal Jason Moody presented on the post-pandemic prospects for Bay Area Downtowns at that Bay Area Planning Directors Fall meeting held at the Bay Area Metro Center on November 18...Read More

Denver, CO
EPS Denver Has Moved Office Locations
May 22, 2025

EPS Denver is excited to announce that we have moved into a new office space!

22 May
Downtown Tulare Master Plan Honored with 2025 CenCal APA Planning Award

EPS Managing Principal Jason Moody presented on the post-pandemic prospects for Bay Area Downtowns at that Bay Area Planning Directors Fall meeting held at the Bay Area Metro Center on November 18...Read More

Tulare, CA
Downtown Tulare Master Plan Honored with 2025 CenCal APA Planning Award
May 15, 2025

EPS congratulates the City of Tulare on receiving the 2025 Award of Excellence for Comprehensive Plans from the CenCal section of APA for the Tulare Downtown Master Plan!

8 May
EPS’s Oakland office spent Earth Day volunteering with the Lake Merritt Institute

EPS Managing Principal Jason Moody presented on the post-pandemic prospects for Bay Area Downtowns at that Bay Area Planning Directors Fall meeting held at the Bay Area Metro Center on November 18...Read More

Oakland, CA
EPS’s Oakland office spent Earth Day volunteering with the Lake Merritt Institute
Apr 18, 2025

EPS’s Oakland office spent Earth Day volunteering with the Lake Merritt Institute (LMI) picking up trash around Lake Merrit.

24 Mar
EPS Presents at CivicWell Policymakers Conference

EPS Managing Principal Jason Moody presented on the post-pandemic prospects for Bay Area Downtowns at that Bay Area Planning Directors Fall meeting held at the Bay Area Metro Center on November 18...Read More

EPS Presents at CivicWell Policymakers Conference
Mar 17, 2025

EPS Managing Principal Jason Moody joined two other panelists to discuss issues and trends related to “Affordability in Green Economy”.

11 Mar
EPS helps City of Austin to fine-tune its Density Bonus programs
Darin Smith

EPS Managing Principal Jason Moody presented on the post-pandemic prospects for Bay Area Downtowns at that Bay Area Planning Directors Fall meeting held at the Bay Area Metro Center on November 18...Read More

Austin, TX
EPS helps City of Austin to fine-tune its Density Bonus programs
Darin Smith
Mar 4, 2025

EPS used long-term parcel-level construction data to evaluate how successful each program has been in changing development patterns and delivering community benefits.

5 Mar
South Pasadena adopts an inclusionary housing in-lieu fee with support from EPS
Thomas Gonzales

EPS Managing Principal Jason Moody presented on the post-pandemic prospects for Bay Area Downtowns at that Bay Area Planning Directors Fall meeting held at the Bay Area Metro Center on November 18...Read More

South Pasadena
South Pasadena adopts an inclusionary housing in-lieu fee with support from EPS
Thomas Gonzales
Feb 26, 2025

On February 5th, South Pasadena City Council voted to adopt an in-lieu fee as part of its inclusionary housing ordinance, effectively moving forward another program of the City’s Housing Element.

10 Feb
EPS Helps Shape the Future of the Folsom River District
Amy Lapin

EPS Managing Principal Jason Moody presented on the post-pandemic prospects for Bay Area Downtowns at that Bay Area Planning Directors Fall meeting held at the Bay Area Metro Center on November 18...Read More

Folsom, CA
EPS Helps Shape the Future of the Folsom River District
Amy Lapin
Feb 10, 2025

The Folsom River District Vision Plan has been unanimously approved by the Folsom City Council! EPS lead the economic analysis, ensuring a sustainable and feasible path forward for investment and implementation.

28 Jan
EPS Helps Pleasanton Approve Impact Fee and Affordable Housing Programs
Megan Gregory

EPS Managing Principal Jason Moody presented on the post-pandemic prospects for Bay Area Downtowns at that Bay Area Planning Directors Fall meeting held at the Bay Area Metro Center on November 18...Read More

Pleasanton, CA
EPS Helps Pleasanton Approve Impact Fee and Affordable Housing Programs
Megan Gregory
Jan 21, 2025

The City Pleasanton sought EPS for a comprehensive update to its development impact fee and affordable housing programs to address evolving state regulatory requirements, local economic trends, and 6th Cycle RHNA requirements.

Sacramento
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