Planzookie was created in response to a persistent problem: comprehensive planning is often too expensive, too complex, and too difficult to undertake for jurisdictions with limited staff or financial resources.

We are developing an AI-supported platform designed to help cities and counties across the United States prepare high-quality comprehensive plans through a more accessible, efficient, and transparent process.

Planzookie combines established planning methods with modern data systems and artificial intelligence. It is designed to accelerate time-consuming work such as assembling data, identifying planning issues, creating visual materials, and preparing initial drafts—while preserving the essential roles of professional judgment, community knowledge, public engagement, and local decision-making.

By reducing the technical and administrative burden of plan preparation, Planzookie is intended to help planning professionals spend more time engaging the public, evaluating alternatives, shaping policy, and refining the final plan.

The goal is not simply to produce plans faster. It is to make thoughtful, evidence-based planning practical for more communities.