IPS Group

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While working in the public sector, she served as a development coordinator overseeing major residential and commercial projects. Natalie has also authored and co-authored numerous zoning codes and regulations including the City of College Station’s Unified Development Code. Ms. Ruiz has extensive experience in group facilitation and public involvement, having worked with developers and surrounding neighborhoods to reach understanding and compromise. She has experience in real estate marketing and sales and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). She excels at helping private sector clients manage a development project and keep it on track through site plan, building permit and inspection phases.

IPS Group will analyze your development request, prepare a thorough application and make public presentations on your behalf to rezone property, seek variances, gain plat approval or work toward comprehensive plan amendments for your specific development proposal. More and more local governments are requiring developers to include input from neighborhoods and other stakeholder groups prior to consideration of a development request. IPS Group has years of experience in working with groups and finding common ground. We can help you work with your neighbors to achieve a successful project.

Over 50 years of combined experience working with communities in urban planning and development have afforded IPS Group the expertise to help both public and private sector clients achieve their goals.

Dr. David Pugh, FAICP has been a practicing planner for over 40 years. His career includes a 28-year stint as a professor and department head at Texas A&M University. David is the author of numerous comprehensive plans, zoning ordinances and subdivision regulations for cities in Texas and several other states. He also conducts training workshops for public officials throughout Texas to better understand comprehensive planning, its importance and how plans should be implemented. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and a Master of City & Regional Planning degree from the University of Oklahoma. David also holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law. He is a past president of the Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association and served twice as chair of the Chapter’s Educational Foundation. In 1999, David was elected to the first class of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners. Only 45 people from across the nation were inducted into the first class. This is the highest award that an urban planner can receive.

IPS Group offers the people skills necessary to facilitate discussion enabling people to strategize options. We have the technical skills to analyze and develop comprehensive or small area plans to meet your community’s needs. Our philosophy is that simpler is better and we pride ourselves on being able to unravel and communicate complex issues to any audience. We believe all situations have workable solutions. Relationships based on trust and mutual respect are critical to successful endeavors. Thus, we work closely with agency staffs, elected and appointed officials, community and business leaders and neighborhood representatives to create these relationships. Our philosophy is that our clients are the experts about their community. Our job is to complement that knowledge with new ideas and a fresh approach.

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