Our clients...

One or our good clients recently asked, "Who are your best clients?"

"That is easy and simple to answer."

"Really?" She said.

"Yes, look at who we associate with - it's you!"

Smiling she asked, "No, really, who do you like to work with?"

"Now that, my dear, is a different question entirely."

We like to work with small towns they are good clients. We enjoy working with Trusts and Not-For-Profits - they are good clients too. Developers with a sense of community pride fall into the "good client" category.

At the top of the list are life-long agriculturalists, they are generally the best clients that have a strong sense of the natural world, understand the ups and downs of business and consider trust and relationship a high priority. Our clients that farm or come from a farming background challenge us to become better every day. We like that.

Moving forward...

with renewed energy, purpose and economic benifit...

A good friend and client once told us that developers and builders are like "a school of fish".

If you carefully observe a school of fish they travel together in search of food, following a leader from place to place for their next meal. If you are the first to select an particular interstate intersection location or a dynamic community others will follow. He told us he liked the competition and always wanted to lead the way - not follow.

This image reminds us of our good friend and client who always seems to be near the front of the pack moving forward with purpose, leading the way for others to benefit.
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Advance Planning Associates, LC
"Let us be your partner of choice"

Site Selection - Business Geography

Planning - Community Development

I-81 Experts

The I-81 Corridor Distribution Experts
Mid-Atlantic Region, USA

We are experts on the I-81 Transportation and Distribution Corridor that serves the eastern seaboard area.

We live and work along the I-81 corridor and have been here since its initial construction. Our knowledge of the I-81 goes beyond in-depth knowledge of sites and industrial parks – we know how business operates regionally. We have to work in primarily four states along the corridor – Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. We have had projects in each state and understand the regional and local transportation, utility, and land use issues.

Some of our current projects include:

• Evaluation of warehouse location and lease cost per square foot.


• Location analysis for a potential Travel Center


• Assistance with due diligence for an I-81 property consisting of 90+ acres


• Site selection criteria identification for gas station and c-store sites


• Assisting a non-profit foundation select sites suitable for educational client

Living and working here in the Quad-State region of the I-81 Corridor has allowed us to become "experts-in-residence" along the most important Mid-Atlantic transportation corridor in the USA. We understand the dynamics of the I-81 Corridor.

Wanted Book Reviewers....

News from the Winchester Book Gallery

-Calling All Booklovers-

We were saddened to hear that the Washington Post is pulling its Book World section. We've often discussed creating a book review newsletter and this is the unfortunate push we've needed. If you have an interest in reviewing books, both new and current, and have a speciality in a particular area, please contact us. We'll gladly offer book discounts and other incentives for your help in reviewing items for six yearly newsletters. We'd like to get the first edition out in late March or early April, so please contact us soon via email. info@winchesterbookgallery.org

We hope you stay warm and cozy over the next few weeks!

Sincerely,
Jen & Andy

The Winchester Book Gallery
185 N. Loudoun Street
Winchester, VA 22601
Telephone: 540-667-3444
Website: www.winchesterbookgallery.org
Email: info@winchesterbookgallery.org

Answer the questions before they are asked...

Reverse Due Diligence

Reverse due diligence identifies key site features and facts typically associated with a due diligence study. Turning techniques associated with acquisition into facts to assist with the disposition of your site is what we like to call "reverse due diligence". By reversing the process, facts support market efforts. This is particularly helpful for Authorities pursuing industrial clients or Trusts and Foundations disposing of land assets not needed for near-term goals or missions.

In a down market buyers are limited and resources are low. Buyers want answers not more questions. Our reverse due diligence process identifies key areas of study helping buyers and their banks understand your property and it's potential or it's limitations.

Reverse Due Diligence answers questions before the questions are asked.

We started in the Community Development sector...

Planning & Community Development
We understand the planning and development business.
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We excel in development strategies that are designed to implement business and community goals. Grant and loan applications, comprehensive planning, master planning, conceptual planning, site planning, zoning, subdivision, site development, pre-development, and post-development site construction are all part of our area of experience.

Many times we have had to help our clients find the money through grants and loan programs to start the planning and development process.

We started in the planning and community development business and have maintained these services since they are such an important part of today’s development environment. We have matured and expanded to encompass economic development areas as our economy expanded.

Now, more than ever, as we feel the impact of business retrenchment, our community development background embraces the local importance of business and communities working together.

Because of our clear understanding of the public planning and development process, we can accurately calculate critical path elements and predict project time frames with a level of confidence to meet any funding and construction schedule or public process.

Since 1981

How we started...

The Limited Liability Corporation of Advance Planning Associates, LC was formed in Winchester, Virginia in 1998. Prior to operating as a LLC, we operated as a sole proprietorship entity doing business as “Plans and Projects” which began operations in Winchester, Virginia in 1981 as a Community Development Firm. Later in 1986 Pentathlon Corporation, Inc. and Pentathlon Land Trust formed in Stephens City, Virginia as a planning and development firm. Advance Planning Associates, LC is the direct result of the combination of the two organizations: Plans & Projects and Pentathlon Corporation, Inc.

Our focus has always been on smaller communities helping with community development related projects and programs. We continue to help business and industry understand their important role in our communities as we focus on customized site selection to help our private sector clients to use objective criteria instead of the standard market hype.

Since 1981 we have envisioned and nurtured the partnership of business and community.

A Simple Solution to get you on your way...

Simple Solutions
Many times our “Simple Solutions” is the best for a complex problem. Generally, a complex problem can be dissolved into a series of understandable steps and processes.
Contact us with your question regarding site selection, business geography, planning or community development.
We may have a simple solution to get you on your way.

What We Do....

Advance Planning Associates, LC has expertise that encompasses the design and creation of location strategies for business; industry, government and the growing segment of not-for-profits in the global market and economy of today. Our core area services include:

• Site Selection
• Business Geography
• Planning
• Community Development

Site Selection is a designed process that results in the site choice best suited to the environment of the business or industry and that leads to the successful perpetuation of qualities to that particular organization. Site selection is the spatial location of an actual or planned structure or set of structures using criteria defined by the client coupled with carefully measured due diligence.

Business Geography synthesizes analysis, technology and practical experience to improve real estate development and investment activities. Business Geography utilizes the power of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) technologies, analysis, and data. Region, movement, human-environmental interactions, place and location are the geographic themes considered essential to the well being of an organizations future.

Planning is an analytical process that considers the physical, social and economic aspects of communities while examining the connections between them. The planning process includes the consideration of existing conditions and the future trends of an area or region. The planning process includes detailed analysis and strategic alternatives for solving problems in a coordinated and comprehensive manner. The tools of planning implementation include such things as land use controls and economic develop strategies. Planning is the application of foresight to action.

Community Development is the process of helping a community and region strengthen itself and develop towards its full potential. We work in partnership with local people and organizations to meet identified needs. We help find funds with grant and loan applications, self-help and long term commitment to sustaining business support. We believe that self-activization, leadership, education and sustainalble community and economic goals are key components of sustainable development.

Advance Planning Associates, LC applies years of experience with the defined process of our core services to provide you with choices that perpetuate your business goals. Our InSite Selection System, which can be applied to each core area, helps provide the foresight you need to bring plans into action.

We want to be your Site Selection partner of choice.

It's About Balance...

Advance Planning Associates, LC provides site selection, business geography, planning and community development services to individuals, organizations, business, industry, government and communities. Working with for-profit and not-profit groups, we serve both public and private organizations.

Our calm and calculated style has helped us establish firm, long-term relationships with clients that need a guiding hand. We enjoy working with non-profits, foundations, trusts and small communities where relationships count. We know the process of development and the decisions that drive success. We bring value, helping to guide decisions by providing objective choices driven by criteria designed to meet the needs of our client.

We are proud of our work. We want our clients to succeed. It is a competitive world, so strict confidentiality is maintained as we work through the strategic planning process of planning or site selection and the necessary steps of due diligence. Our projects vary depending upon our client, from planning a strategy to site selection to due diligence and to the conceptual planning stage.

Our process is custom designed individually for our client using our InSite Selection System. We have perfected the art and science of due diligence to assure the facts are real not just market hype. Our Reverse Due Diligence establishes fundamental criteria that will satisfy the demands of an accomplished acquisition team. And, our Quick Entitlement Program helps sort sites quickly. Time is always a critical factor - that is why we are project management and task oriented.

We understand the process of community planning and development. Our Story-Board Issue Identification Process helps quickly identify obtainable goals. We use business geography to help clients succeed with understanding of the relationships and environments, regions, location, movement of goods and characteristics of place.
We are objective site selectors that are community oriented.

Striving everyday to be our best we want to be your firm of choice.