BNIM partners with communities to conduct comprehensive planning that is vision based, data driven, and contingent upon genuine community engagement. The comprehensive plans outline long-term community development goals and inform public policy and private investment decisions. Such plans encompass a broad range of issues facing communities including development and land use planning, transportation and infrastructure systems, economic development, community health and wellbeing, and environmental planning. Properly undertaken, comprehensive planning enables a community to view the big picture, coordinate local decision making, and form a basis for strategic implementation of the shared goals.