Our Mission
MDRoffers Consulting LLC seeks to sustain and enhance communities and school districts, in partnership with our clients and in consideration of fiscal realities.
Our Philosophy and Core Principles
We have built our small, family-run company on the following principles:
- All places—large and small, urban and rural—deserve creative and thorough planning support that combines skilled practice and the art of listening.
- Understanding the complex legal, social, economic, environmental, political, and staffing context of a community is a prerequisite for effective planning.
- Intergovernmental and public-private partnerships enable efficient service delivery, collaboration on mutually beneficial projects, and avoidance of costly conflicts.
- To be successful in a challenging fiscal climate, places must proactively consider their assets, understand their role in their region, and capture their opportunities.
- Working collaboratively and brainstorming ideas in an open and transparent process are essential for building public support for and achieving solutions.
- Community stakeholders deserve a role in forming the vision and policies that shape their communities, via professional design and facilitation of input opportunities.
- Long-term, trusting relationships between consultant and client unlock solutions.
Our Services
We provide a broad range of professional planning and plan implementation services. We are particularly skilled in matching the right mix of services and products to the particular needs of the clients we serve. Our core services are:
- school district facility planning
- school district enrollment projections
- visioning
- strategic planning
- comprehensive plans
- sustainability plans
- growth management
- development review and management
- intergovernmental agreements & plans
- regional planning
- zoning and subdivision ordinances
- farmland preservation plans
- park and open space plans
- natural hazard mitigation planning
- economic development planning
- staff and citizen planner education
- creation and management of community planning systems
Our Personnel
We are a family-owned and operated company. Mark Roffers, AICP and Dana Jensen Roffers, AICP are the sole owners and operators. Mark has 30 years of professional planning experience managing complex planning and plan implementation projects for Wisconsin school districts and communities of all sizes and descriptions. Planner & Project Manager Nick Johnson rounds out our core team—particularly for school district planning. Together, we provide an expert team providing unmatched knowledge and experience within our core service areas.
We are pleased to seamlessly serve our client’s needs through partnerships with other professionals in complementary small businesses, particularly in the areas of GIS mapping and analysis, architecture, landscape architecture, general contracting, survey research, redevelopment implementation, community marketing, and graphic support.
Our Commitment
Through MDRoffers Consulting LLC, we are committed to professional planning and implementation as our career and calling, and take special pride in helping communities and school districts succeed in achieving the progressive future they envision.