BFJ Planning worked with the Village of Mount Kisco to create a comprehensive plan update that capitalized on the Village’s strategic location in Westchester County along the Metro-North Harlem Line. The 2018 update built on the Village’s existing Vision and Goals while adding new focus areas on Sustainability and the Downtown. With a walkable downtown and many open space resources, the Village is well-placed to further promote active design and complete streets programs to link neighborhoods to parks and schools.

Even with these advantages, BFJ focused on strategies to assist the Village in preparing for evolving trends in the local and regional economy, transportation options, and principles of smart growth and sustainability. The area around the Mount Kisco train station was a key focus area, with the North and South Moger Lots great opportunities for new transit-oriented development. As part of the plan update, BFJ created a new downtown form-based overlay zoning code to promote contextual design, improved streetscapes, and walkability. The plan also included conceptual designs for the Moger Lots to assist a parallel effort to prepare the Village to seek a development partner to create a mixed-use development near the train station. BFJ also prepared a Generic Environmental Impact Statement analyzing the Comprehensive Plan Update and proposed Zoning Code Amendments.

For this project, BFJ was the leader of a multi-disciplinary team of consultants, which included Barton Partners, JMC Engineering, Urbanomics, and MUD Workshop.

The comprehensive plan and zoning revisions were adopted in early 2019.

Voted the 2021 recipient of the Heissenbuttel Award for Planning Excellence by the New York Planning Federation.