Able City East
Welcome!
We are excited to announce the launch of Able City East, an extension of the Able City group in its commitment to creating people-centric spaces and striving to create vibrant and sustainable communities.
Able City East is a full-service urban planning firm based in Miami, Florida, founded by Jason King, AICP, CNU-A, in collaboration with Able City of San Antonio, Texas. Able City East utilizes Jason’s 20+ years of extensive urban planning experience both nationally and internationally, blending it with Able City’s comprehensive expertise in architecture, economic development, and community engagement. Jason is a city planner who has directed multidisciplinary teams around the U.S. and the world and has served as the project director and prime author on over 200 plans for regions, cities, towns, neighborhoods, corridors, and parks.
SHERIDAN HOLLOW, Albany, NY
OAK PARK & CENTENNIAL HILL PLAN Montgomery, AL
PLAN NOBE, Miami Beach, FL
JEAN LAFITTE TOMORROW, Jean Lafitte, LA
FORM-BASED ALTERNATIVE OVERLAY DISTRICTS, Henrico County, VA
SMART PLAN - SOUTH DADE TRANSITWAY CORRIDOR, Miami-Dade County, FL
EAST WINTER GARDEN CRA, Winter Garden, FL
RE-ZONE ALBANY, Albany, NY
Key projects led or co-led by Jason which have been recognized by the American Planning Association or Congress for the New Urbanism with awards include Seven50: Regional Plan for Prosperity in Southeast Florida (2010 – 2018); Plan El Paso, El Paso’s Comprehensive Plan (2012); Jean Lafitte Resilience Plan (2013); The Downtown Master Plan for Missoula, Montana (2020) and the new community of Wheeler District in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (2014 – ongoing). Many of Jason’s projects have been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and on National Public Radio. He speaks regularly at the Congress for the New Urbanism National Congresses and American Planning Association regional and national conferences.
While with Dover Kohl & Partners, Jason served as project director for many of the firm’s most impactful projects. Under his leadership, the work of DK&P grew to projects of every variety including regional plans, comprehensive plans, parks plans, transportation plans, community redevelopment plans, code updates, and climate plans, in addition to the vision plans and new communities that the firm was known for.
Jason's New Book
Jason was a Principal at Dover, Kohl & Partners for over 18 years and the author of “The Climate Planner: Overcoming Pushback Against Local Mitigation and Adaptation Plans (Routledge 2021)” and “The Equity Planner: Five Tools to Facilitate Economic Development with Just Outcomes (Routledge 2023)”.
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Approach
Able City East leads multidisciplinary teams that include experts in transportation, economic development, landscape architecture, architecture, and public involvement. Able City East focuses on:
- 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻: We plan at every scale, from the level of the individual lot to complete new neighborhoods that may include hundreds of acres. We emphasize walkability in the design of streets, public places, and neighborhoods.
- 𝗖𝗥𝗔 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: We draft and implement plans for Community Redevelopment Agencies (CRAs) in a way that leads to investments that everyone can feel good about because they benefit the entire community.
- 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺-𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 (𝗙𝗕𝗖𝘀) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (𝗟𝗗𝗥𝘀): FBCs and LDRs ensure that the built environment your community wants is the one that will be built with every new addition. Able City East staff has a long record of updating codes around the United States. These updates have resulted in better built results.
- 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: We provide local solutions to global challenges. Able City East is an innovator in mitigation and adaptation plans for the public and private sectors.
- 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Every kind of plan must involve the public from the start to ensure a shared vision for the future. We seek meaningful, substantive public involvement. We meet stakeholders where they are and work closely with landowners and investors, government representatives, and local staff to achieve plan adoption and implementation.
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Planning, Architecture, Economic Development and Community Engagement.