LET’S WORK TOGETHER.

I’m Jen. I offer a range of urban planning consulting services focused on the intersection of economic, workforce, and community development.

And all with an eye on sustainability, strategy, and honestly: love. I believe we don’t use that word enough when it comes to the places and spaces where we live, work and play… when it’s often the golden thread between history & possibility.

EMPOWERING POSSIBILITIES.

Planning and development projects of all kinds are so much more memorable and successful when they’re powered by the connections, interactions, and unique stories of people.

I offer part-time, sprint & select planning and consulting services for building programs, partnerships and coalitions. From Brooklyn to the Bronx, my work is informed by deep experience working for and with huge organizations, startup non-profits, countless BIDs, government, boards and more. And as any great, career New Yorker will tell you: it’s the relationships you form along the way. When it comes to city planning, situation-solutions and real-world challenges, we wrote the book on “there’s got to be a way.”

But let’s talk more! The first step is to reach out. Tell me more about your project, opportunity, goals, etc. and I’ll tell you about a range of options to make it all possible.

And if for some reason I can’t do it? I know someone who can.

SERVICES / EXPERTISE

  • Strategic Planning & Implementation

  • Fiscal Management & Operations

  • Cultivating Relationships

  • Board Development

  • Neighborhood Revitalization

  • Program Development

  • Community Engagement

  • Coalition Building

  • Organizational Management, Development & Implementation

  • Training & Leadership Development

    • New York City Employment and Training Coalition (NYCETC)

    • Canon Strategy Group

    • Sharing Excess

    • Urban Design Forum

    • Green Economy Network

    • ABNY Women Leaders

    • The Creative Organization

Jennifer Tausig launched her consultancy in August of 2024 with a mission to break down silos between economic and workforce development to help meet our climate change goals. She has a wealth of experience in many different organizations, industries and neighborhoods. Most recently, Jennifer served as the Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations at the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (DBP). In this role she was responsible for oversight of a $12M budget for five different entities including three Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), a membership organization and an arts and cultural office building. Prior to her role at DBP, she was the Director of Community and Economic Development for Montefiore Health System. In this role, she served as Executive Director of Mosholu Preservation Corporation (MPC), a local community development corporation, and the Jerome Gun Hill Business Improvement District (BID). Jennifer’s work focused on housing, neighborhood development, small business support and civic engagement. Jennifer also served on the New York City BID Association Board of Directors and completed a two-year term as Co-Chair of the Association which advocates for legislation to support small businesses and commercial corridors. 

Prior to her position at Montefiore, Jennifer worked in several community-based organizations that work to combat poverty, particularly through workforce development and financial capability. Her experience ranges from program development to grant making and strategy in institutions including: Phipps Neighborhoods, Single Stop USA, United Way of New York City and Nontraditional Employment for Women. 

Jennifer holds a Master’s degree in City and Regional Planning with a specialization in Economic and Community Development from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. During her tenure in graduate school, she worked at the UNC Center for Community Capital, a research center which studies financial products and services and their impact on low income families and communities. Her Master’s Project, Bridging the Skills Gap in Manufacturing Using Hybrid Workforce and Economic Development Strategies: Evidence from Four States examined opportunities and challenges in breaking down the silos between workforce and economic development at state and regional levels to bridge the skills gap in advanced manufacturing. 

She also earned a Bachelors’ degree in Psychology and Women’s Studies at Ithaca College. Jennifer is an alumni of the Coro Neighborhood Leadership program and a Global Exchange Fellow at the Urban Design Forum working on finding solutions to NYC’s housing crisis by learning from other cities all over the world.

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