We create
great places.
Old Pasadena, California
Cultivating thriving communities
The Arroyo Group is an award-winning urban design and planning firm.
The Arroyo Group designs communities that build on the unique physical attributes of a place and the values and needs of its residents, leading to real revitalization and positive social impact.
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We foster and sustain a sense of place.
Our placemaking practice designs streetscapes and public spaces that respect communities' identity, history, and environment and welcome people with human-scale amenities.
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We plan and design vital urban environments.
Our urban design and planning firm leverages expertise in community engagement, land use regulation, and community design to bring revitalization to cities, districts and sites.
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We accelerate the development of affordable housing.
Our affordable housing practice works with cities, congregations and developers to set up affordable and mixed-income housing projects backed by fair property transactions.
We believe that sensitive and workable relationships between people and the environment can be achieved and integrated with the sound social and fiscal considerations so essential to successful design, planning and development.
Our Story
The Arroyo Group, an urban design and planning firm, has been planning and designing great places across California and the Southwest since 1976.
Founded by three partners to put together a community “advocacy plan” to save Old Pasadena from demolition, our staff continues to work collaboratively with communities and conduct planning that creates impact first and foremost over profit.
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