The Community Advocates is a strategic planning, facilitation and project management firm with a strong track record of success at every conceivable stage of commercial district improvement.   Having led comprehensive, interdisciplinary market study efforts for towns such as Summit, North Bergen and Clifton, The Community Advocates can assist in developing a downtown revitalization plan for your community that draws upon residents’ feedback, demographic data, and physical analysis.

As a firm that more often than not has been involved in implementing the strategies it recommends—we specialize in viable work plans that address the full range of a district's needs. And we can help you identify and obtain the funding sources to make the improvements happen.  The Community Advocates have the proven ability to:

	Bring together qualified local leaders
	Work with them to build consensus
	Create an action-oriented work plan
	Identify and obtain the financing to bring about improvements

We recognize that just as each community has its own distinct character, with a unique set of understood challenges, known assets and untapped resources—all of which help to determine priorities. Working with your local leadership allows us to:

	Identify Improvements geared to local needs and guided by local interests
	Work toward outcomes that attract broad-based support
	Enlist the support of key local, state and regional partners such as New Jersey Transit and the New Jersey Department of Transportation; county governmental entities; and major local and regional media organizations