Introducing N. J. “Pete” Pointner FAICP, ALA, ITE

N. J. “Pete” Pointner is the president of Corporate Services Inc. (CSI), an independent consulting firm. The mission of CSI is to help create and shape sustainable human communities which are in harmony with the human, natural and man made environments of which they are a part, communities that nourish the human spirit. Pointner has espoused environmentally based planning in a professional career that has spanned nearly 50 years. Some would call this green planning, planning that is based on sound principles with a special emphasis on the environmental compatibility of development, context sensitive design and consideration of sustainability – to the extent that it can be addressed in planning decisions.

He works with both public and private clients to:
  • Understand and implement environmentally based planning and context sensitive design
  • Solve or avoid problems
  • Meet future needs
  • Add value to the use of land and
  • Realize new possibilities
Areas of Expertise

“Pete” Pointner is an architect and planner with 47 years of professional experience beyond the master’s level in city and regional planning. He is a life member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and has been elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners. See About Pete for more details of his qualifications. The range of his experience is reflected in his new book Planning Connections – Human, Natural and Man Made.

The focus of his work is in the following areas:
  • Land use and development planning
  • Urban design
  • Zoning and development ordinances
  • Transportation corridor planning and scenic highway design
Services and Products
  • Highest and best use reports, planning and zoning testimony
  • Facilitator for visioning, strategic planning and public involvement programs
  • Workshops and lectures
  • Consultant on site planning and urban design
Planning Connections Book

Planning Connections

By Pete Pointner


Planning Consultant

“In Planning Connections, Pete Pointner has given us the accumulated wisdom of his long and distinguished career as a professional urban planner who has had the opportunity of working across the planning spectrum. The book presents a range of case studies through which Pointner confirms and illustrates basic planning principles which have continuing applicability to our present attempts to create communities that can facilitate a high quality of life for their residents, workers and businesses. Planning Connections is a solid resource for planning practitioners, teachers and students”

Leslie S. Pollock FAICP, founding principal of Camiros, a nationwide consulting firm