# the Collaborative

> The Collaborative is a Boston-headquartered planning, landscape architecture, transportation, engineering, and communications consultancy founded in 1990 by MIT-trained city planners Joe Brevard and Ed Shoucair. Its distinguishing move is to combine technical planning with public engagement and storytelling, serving municipalities, government agencies, nonprofits, architecture and engineering firms, and technology companies on projects ranging from the Neponset River Greenway to NASA communications and Savannah's Tide to Town trail.

- **Founded:** 1990
- **Headquarters:** Boston, United States
- **Founders:** Joe Brevard (Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer), Ed Shoucair (Co-founder and President)
- **Products:** Planning and community development, Landscape architecture and urban design, Transportation planning and outreach, Integrated communications, Tide to Town equitable growth plan
- **Notable:** Co-founded in 1990 and operating for more than 35 years., Led the original Neponset River Greenway master planning and design process, including more than 35 public meetings; a $40 million bond followed, and the corridor became an American Planning Association Great Place in 2019., Created communications work recognized with five Emmy Awards, six Telly Awards, government-communications honors, film-festival awards, and a NASA Space Act Award.

## Products & services

- **Planning and community development** — Comprehensive plans, strategic plans, site and master planning, ecological stewardship, research, and public participation for municipalities and public agencies.
- **Landscape architecture and urban design** — Parks, trails, waterfronts, campuses, streetscapes, brownfield reuse, resilience, and place-making work grounded in ecology and local history.
- **Transportation planning and outreach** — Transit-oriented development, mobility and accessibility planning, bicycle and pedestrian systems, and engagement around transportation programs.
- **Integrated communications** — Campaigns, research, websites, graphic design, video, exhibits, events, public affairs, and educational media for government, nonprofit, and commercial clients.
- **Tide to Town equitable growth plan** — An equity strategy for Savannah's nearly 30-mile urban trail, pairing mobility with housing retention, homeownership, local hiring, care infrastructure, and small-business support.

## Achievements

- Co-founded in 1990 and operating for more than 35 years.
- Led the original Neponset River Greenway master planning and design process, including more than 35 public meetings; a $40 million bond followed, and the corridor became an American Planning Association Great Place in 2019.
- Created communications work recognized with five Emmy Awards, six Telly Awards, government-communications honors, film-festival awards, and a NASA Space Act Award.
- Reported a 95%+ overall performance rating across seven years of NASA BOATS contract work.
- Completed 2020 updates for Atlanta BeltLine Subareas 9 and 10, addressing housing, jobs, health, public space, cleanup, art, and preservation.
- Developed Savannah's Tide to Town equity plan for a nearly 30-mile urban trail connecting 62 neighborhoods.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — The firm highlighted Penn's Sylvania: The Campus as a Landscape, co-edited and photographed in part by vice president Ignacio Bunster-Ossa.
- **2026-03** — The Collaborative published its Tide to Town plan for Savannah, with the first seven-mile trail segment expected to open in 2026.
- **2024-06** — Savannah City Council authorized a $249,726 contract with The Collaborative, Inc. for Tide to Town equitable-growth, enhanced-engagement, and project-phase services.
- **2020-06** — The firm completed master plan updates for Atlanta BeltLine Subareas 9 and 10 and announced completion of landscape construction drawings for MIT Lincoln Laboratory's microelectronics building.

## Links

- Website: https://www.thecollaborative.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-collaborative
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/thecollabstudio
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/thecollaborativeca

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Last updated: 2026-09-24