Planning & Development Resource Company

We’re here to support communities in achieving their vision.

PDRCO is a city planning and place-based community development consulting firm based in Birmingham, Alabama, that helps communities move from adopted plans to real-world results. We partner with local governments, regional partners, and real estate developers and builders across Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee to close the gap between planning, vision, and execution by strengthening local capacity, building community trust, and advancing place-based economic development.

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We believe in communities.

PDRCO takes a collaborative, implementation-focused approach grounded in the best professional practices of the American Planning Association and the American Institute of Certified Planners. Every project advances the mission, vision, and values of the community we serve — because no two places are the same.

We are community-based practitioners working in the building blocks of planning and development

Local Government Services

We support local, county, and regional governments in achieving their goals of being great communities.

Capacity Building

Technical Assistance

Comprehensive Plan Implementation

Grant Services

Land Subdivision & Platting

Zoning & Code Updates

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Developer and Builder Services

We use our vast knowledge of city planning practices, codes, ordinances, and municipal administrative processes to assist real estate developers and builders who are turning community plans into reality.

Zoning & Land Use Research & Analysis

Permit Expediting & Management

Site Information Reports

Land Entitlement

Open Records Requests

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What we’re listening to right now

Andrew’s current podcast picks:

Bobby Fijan doesn’t want you to give up on families living in cities. This episode discusses Bobby’s relentless pursuit of the best family-friendly floor plans for urban living, and the creation of the American Housing Corporation, whose motto might as well be, “rowhouses for all.”

Zoning got constitutional blessing 100 years ago in the Supreme Court case Euclid versus Ambler Realty. Dartmouth College economist Bill Fischel explains how the rules guiding development came to be – and are now being blamed for a shortage of affordable housing.

In this episode of the APA podcast, Roberta Rewers, senior communications manager, explores the 2045 Unified Plan from Gwinnett County, Georgia, recipient of the Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan in the 2025 National Planning Awards.

Joined by Yang Chen, Planning Division director at Gwinnett County, and Allison Stewart-Harris, lead consultant with TSW, they discuss how the plan reimagines suburban planning through a “mode-agnostic” approach to the 15-Minute City—prioritizing access to daily needs no matter how residents travel.

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