What SCJ Studio does

SCJ Studio is a professional planning and landscape architecture firm headquartered at 429 East Sprague Ave, Spokane, Washington, operating as a studio under the parent organization SCJ Alliance. The firm serves municipal governments, park districts, county governments, and select private developers and utilities, delivering community, neighborhood, subarea, and master planning services alongside landscape architecture through a paired studio brand, SCJ Studio LA. Its service portfolio is organized into six specialized planning offerings: Comprehensive Plans, Neighborhood Plans, Downtown Plans, Parks & Public Spaces Plans, Corridor Plans, and Special Purpose Plans, each scoped to produce actionable technical documents that function as long-horizon road maps for community goals.

The firm's core methodology centers on stakeholder and public outreach, including a distinctive "Storefront Studio" approach that places temporary retail-style engagement spaces in the planning area to gather community input in full view of the public. Projects are scoped, budget-defined engagements typically ranging from $50,000 to $550,000 per comprehensive planning contract, awarded through municipal RFP processes and direct client engagement. The team's qualifications include AICP-certified planners, registered landscape architects (PLA, ASLA), and senior personnel with 30+ years of project experience, supporting a portfolio spanning Washington, Oregon, Kansas, North Carolina, Arkansas, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, and other states.

Revenue is generated through professional services contracts with government clients, with pricing structured on a project-based, quote-driven basis. Notable engagements include the Liberty Lake Regional Park Master Plan for Spokane County Parks, the Port Angeles Waterfront Plan, the Bainbridge Island Waterfront Park Master Plan, the Envision Monroe planning suite (recognized with top WA APA/PAW honors in 2016), and the Fayetteville Downtown Renaissance Plan, which guided $30M+ in reinvestment. The firm has accumulated multiple APA chapter awards across Washington, Kansas, and Oregon, serving as a primary credibility signal in the public-sector procurement environment.

Name

SCJ Studio

Legal name

SCJ Studio

Website

https://scj-studio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SCJ Studio is a Spokane, Washington-based professional planning and landscape architecture firm serving municipal governments, park districts, counties, and select private developers across multiple U.S. states, delivering comprehensive, neighborhood, downtown, parks, corridor, and special purpose plans through public engagement-driven consulting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Urban and Community Planning Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Landscape Architectural Services (54132)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Urban Planning & Master Planning (BPAHAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community Engagement & Participatory Planning (BPAHAKAO)

Keywords

• Community planning services
• Landscape architecture
• Urban planning consulting
• Parks master planning
• Public engagement planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Planning Services: SCJ Studio generates revenue through professional services contracts with government clients, providing community planning, landscape architecture, and related consulting services. Projects are typically scoped engagements with defined budgets and timelines, ranging from comprehensive plan updates to specific subarea plans and park master plans.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

SCJ Studio provides professional community planning and landscape architecture services to government clients, including comprehensive plans, neighborhood plans, downtown plans, parks and public spaces plans, corridor plans, and special purpose plans. The firm pairs technical planning expertise with structured public engagement — notably its Storefront Studio methodology — to produce stakeholder-informed planning documents that guide municipal land use, growth, and development decisions.

Product overview

SCJ Studio is a professional planning and landscape architecture firm with two core service divisions: SCJ Studio Planning (community, neighborhood, subarea, and master planning) and SCJ Studio LA (landscape architecture including residential gardens, public spaces, parks, and ecological restoration). The planning services are delivered through six specialized service offerings: Comprehensive Plans, Neighborhood Plans, Downtown Plans, Parks & Public Spaces Plans, Corridor Plans, and Special Purpose Plans. These services incorporate stakeholder engagement, public outreach, and the creation of technical documents to guide community development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SCJ Studio Planning: Specializes in community, neighborhood, subarea, and master planning with stakeholder and public outreach services.
• SCJ Studio LA (Landscape Architecture)

Products and services

• SCJ Studio Planning Core planning service line providing community, neighborhood, subarea, and master planning with stakeholder and public outreach for municipal government clients. Produces understandable technical documents that serve as roadmaps to community land use and environmental policy goals.
• SCJ Studio LA (Landscape Architecture) Landscape architecture service line providing residential gardens and site planning, public and urban spaces, parks, ecological restoration, and permitting navigation for residential, municipal, and developer clients.
• Comprehensive Plan Comprehensive plan service that guides municipal decision-making for community vision and is periodically reviewed and updated to reflect technological, social, economic, and political changes.
• Neighborhood Plan Subarea planning service that includes public engagement and produces detailed roadmaps for future neighborhood decision-making, supporting creation of visions for undeveloped or established community centers.
• Downtown Plan Downtown planning service focused on economic enhancement, community connectivity, vehicle and pedestrian safety, and adding community amenities as communities reinvent their downtowns.
• Parks & Public Spaces Plan Parks and public spaces planning service that crafts site-sensitive solutions for public access to wilderness, open space, and rivers while preserving habitat and the character of the site.
• Corridor Plan Transportation corridor planning service covering arterial networks, land use patterns, and reinforcement of community identity along corridors.
• Special Purpose Plan Strategic planning service addressing specific community needs including form-based codes, trail facilitation, and cultural district planning.

Quantifiable outcome

• Mill Creek Strategic Plan received APA/PAW Award for community outreach in 2012
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SCJ AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSCJ Studio is a studio under SCJ Alliance, an integrated planning and design firm. The relationship allows collaboration across disciplines including planning, landscape architecture, and other design services.
• SCJ Studio LAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSCJ Studio LA (Landscape Architecture) specializes in residential gardens, site planning, public and urban spaces, parks, and ecological restoration. The two studios operate together as part of SCJ Alliance.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: International design and consulting firm with a significant urban planning and landscape architecture practice serving cities and parks agencies. Broader incumbent competing at the upper end of municipal RFPs.
• NV5 Global: Infrastructure, environmental, and planning consulting firm with a public-sector planning practice. Broader incumbent offering similar municipal planning capabilities at greater scale.
• WSP: Global consulting firm offering planning, landscape architecture, and urban design services to public agencies. Competes for state and large-city planning work where SCJ is not positioned.
• AECOM: Global professional services firm with a large urban planning, landscape architecture, and community development practice. Competes for larger municipal and federal planning contracts where SCJ's scale limits participation.

Direct peers

• MIG: Planning, engagement, and design firm known for public participation and community-based planning services. Highly comparable to SCJ's Storefront Studio-style engagement emphasis.
• Otak: Pacific Northwest architecture, engineering, and planning firm delivering community, subarea, parks, and corridor planning for municipalities. Closely comparable in geography, service mix, and client type to SCJ Studio.
• David Evans and Associates: Pacific Northwest-based planning, civil engineering, and landscape architecture firm with public-sector municipal planning practices. Comparable in regional footprint and multi-disciplinary offering.
• PlaceWorks: California-headquartered planning, design, and engagement firm serving cities and agencies on comprehensive plans, specific plans, and park master plans. Comparable in service lines and public-sector client base.
• LDC Inc. Land use planning, entitlement, and community development consulting firm serving municipalities and private developers. Comparable in serving planning needs for cities and in subarea/entitlement work.
• Dyett & Bhatia: Specialist urban and regional planning firm producing comprehensive plans, downtown plans, and corridor plans for municipalities. Comparable in service scope and project size to SCJ.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/scj-studio-landscape-architecture

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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