Vandewalle & Associates: Shaping places, shaping change

Strategies for Resilient Communities

Planning for resilient communities includes sustainability plans, hazard mitigation, siting and relocation planning, floodplain analysis, foodshed analysis, renewable energy and micro-grid strategies, solar analysis, redundant power use, transit and electrification analysis, and so much more.

How successful is your TIF District?

HOW SUCCESSFUL IS YOUR TIF DISTRICT? Is it delivering the community value it should? We have some tips that can help you manage it more successfully. Join us for TIF Talks - our exclusive 5-part series with strategies for making the most of your TIF District. Register now!

Let’s shape places to be free of discrimination and racism

LET’S SHAPE PLACES TO BE FREE OF DISCRIMINATION AND RACISM. Because Black Lives Matter. These lives matter to each of us personally and to our company’s mission.

See more vibrancy and color at Eye Level

When new inspiration is called on to create impetus for needed change, this new design and communication studio shines–crystalizing need into bold vision and making it a reality. Eye Level Studio is the new design and communication studio division of Vandewalle &...

GrantWatch and Grant Roadmap Services

Register for our no-cost GrantWatch alert service. Getting out in front with GrantWatch is as easy as clicking here. Once you are registered, we will alert you with carefully curated federal and state grant announcements. GrantWatch emails will share basic details and links to...

Shaping Places, Shaping Change

Transforming Places • Shaping Communities • Building Economies • Adding Impact

About Us

We are driven to find new and better ways to make more of each place’s assets

Vandewalle & Associates is a guild-like collection of highly talented masters with diverse expertise in economic strategy, planning, design, energy systems, food and water systems, redevelopment, architecture, marketing, and real estate.

Healthy Communities

Getting Communities Ready for What’s Next

We are working with communities, businesses and neighborhoods living through climate change and pandemic/post-pandemic realities to identify and advance transformational and recovery projects, and to position those projects for funding.

Midwest Focus

Rebuilding and Retooling for a New Economy

Our nationally recognized team is based out of Madison, and focused on helping communities and businesses reposition economically to build place-based, sustainable pathways to a vibrant future. Our work is making a world of difference to clients across the heartland.