Independent planning, economic development, and strategic advisory services for communities, institutions, and consulting teams.
Explore our practicePhasefield approaches each assignment through research, listening, and iterative analysis. We work to understand the conditions shaping a problem, identify opportunities, evaluate alternatives, and develop strategies grounded in evidence and practical experience.
Our work connects analytical research with an understanding of how public projects are organized, funded, approved, and implemented.
Specialist expertise for discrete studies, planning assignments, grant applications, and larger consulting teams. Select a service to see the scope.
Economic development strategies, downtown and district planning, business retention and expansion, redevelopment assessments, financial feasibility, and development incentives.
Economic conditions / Revitalization / Feasibility / PolicyPolicy and economic research, stakeholder and institutional analysis, comparative research, strategic assessments, and evaluation of alternative approaches.
Research design / Analysis / Institutional strategyCapital investment strategies, project prioritization, infrastructure planning, public-private development coordination, development agreements, and implementation support.
Capital strategy / Public-private development / ImplementationPlans of Conservation and Development, neighborhood and municipal development plans, land-use policies, community engagement, and implementation strategies.
Long-range plans / Neighborhoods / Land use / EngagementInnovation districts, industry cluster strategies, university-industry partnerships, emerging technology infrastructure, and research and commercialization ecosystems.
Innovation clusters / Industry / Institutional partnershipsFunding opportunity research, grant strategy, project development, proposal writing, project narratives, budgets, and application management.
Funding strategy / Proposals / Application managementRepresentative projects undertaken by Phasefield’s principal in previous municipal positions.
Led development of a successful $50.5 million state investment application supporting quantum technology, life sciences, research infrastructure, real estate development, and public improvements. Coordinated the project portfolio, strategy, budget, and contributions from university, industry, development, and government partners.
Led the City’s ten-year comprehensive Plan of Conservation and Development, including plan authorship, consultant management, research, community engagement, and implementation planning. The plan received an award from the Connecticut Chapter of the American Planning Association.
Drafted the Municipal Development Plan for the Mill River district, addressing redevelopment, infrastructure investment, property acquisition, and neighborhood-scale planning. Coordinated interdepartmental planning and implementation activities.
Designed and established a municipal land bank organization, drafted enabling legislation and governance documents, and secured $5 million in state capitalization to support property acquisition and redevelopment.
Led City-side negotiations for a development and land disposition agreement supporting a $200 million-plus laboratory and office development. Coordinated development approvals, environmental responsibilities, site access, and related public infrastructure investments.
Project descriptions reflect professional work undertaken in prior municipal positions; no projects are represented as Phasefield commissions.
Phasefield is an independent consulting practice led by Dean Mack, AICP, a planning and economic development professional with more than 11 years of municipal experience.
His work spans comprehensive and neighborhood planning, economic development, redevelopment, public investment, strategic research, grant development, and the coordination of complex public-private initiatives.
He holds a Master of Regional Planning from Cornell University.
Phasefield provides specialized expertise for defined projects and assignments, working independently or in collaboration with established consulting teams.
Phasefield supports public agencies, institutions, and consulting firms through focused research, planning, grant development, and strategic advisory assignments.
Available for direct consulting engagements and specialized subcontracting.
dean@phasefieldconsulting.com
