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Land planning and landscape architecture are what a property developer said brought them back to Dodson & Flinker for multiple projects. In a November 2025 Google review, that developer praised the firm's thoughtful design and consideration of stakeholders. The Florence firm says it has been in business for 24 years. A separate November 2025 reviewer described years of support for the Town of Williamsburg and the Williamsburg Mill River Greenway project. That work included broadscale design and planning, visualization, desktop analysis and facilitation of public meetings. The reviewer praised both the work product and the collaboration. In a January 2025 review, a customer credited the firm's expertise, graphic skills and guidance with helping a successful effort to pass mixed-use zoning at the Burlington Mall. They also praised its stakeholder engagement and support for their staff. Public participation drew a different account in February 2023. A reviewer whose town was using the firm for vision planning alleged that one of the owners screened out participants' comments and replaced them with his own comments to other planners. The reviewer criticized the process as lacking neutrality and transparency.
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Dodson & Flinker, Inc. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
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$50 – $70
Typical landscaping service around $60
“A presentation and open house on the Amherst Downtown Design Standards, work that began in September 2024 by Dodson & Flinker Landscape Architecture & Planning of Northampton, is scheduled for Wednesday, starting at 6 p.m., at the Social Hall of the Unitarian Universalist Society, 121 North Pleasant St.”
“The designs include two different layouts of the property, created by Florence landscape architectural firm, Dodson & Flinker, which partnered with the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission for the designs.”
D&F has ably supported the Town of Williamsburg and the Williamsburg Mill River Greenway project over many years with broadscale design and planning, visualization, desktop analysis, and facilitation of public meetings. Their work is nimble, empathetic, and visually striking. Both the work product and the collaboration have been superlative.
I am a property developer and have worked with Dodson & Flinker on a number of projects. They are my go to source for land planning and landscape architecture. They are thoughtful in the their design and considerate of all stakeholders. Can not recommend them more.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Our experience with Dodson & Flinker was exceptional. Their expertise, graphic skills, and guidance were instrumental in the successful effort to pass mixed-use zoning at the Burlington Mall. Their thoughtful approach, stakeholder engagement, and commitment to sustainable development supported our staff and made a true impact. Highly recommend for anyone looking for top-tier consulting services in urban planning and policy!
Currently our town is using them for Vision Planning, and, one of the owners was manipulating the process to the public, by keeping their comments screened out and replaced them to his own comments to other planners. That is manipulation of the public discourse, and it is getting broken. They should stay neutral and transparent, but it is lacking, and it concerns people who participated in their public meeting sessions. Unprofessional!
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