Change. For more than 26 years The Lakota Group, based out of Chicago, has been helping communities, institutions, businesses and property owners creatively design, manage, promote and foster sustainable change. The Lakota Group is a team of talented designers, planners and communication experts powered by a passion for offering creative solutions to complex problems. Our defining attribute is fostered in a team-based approach to project management centered on positive dialogue that results in meeting our clients’ needs and objectives. Sustainability is not a buzz word, but rather a way of thinking inherent in all that we do at Lakota. Its use is determined by providing a careful analysis and balance of the right tools to employ to achieve environmental, social, economic or healthy lifestyle opportunities. Lakota balances idealism with realism to create award-winning places around the country inspired by lateral thinking and implemented through consensus-building. Services: - Planning - Urban Design & Placemaking - Landscape Architecture - Historic Preservation - Community Engagement The firm’s approach is reflected in its names, “Lakota,” which is a Native American word meaning “allies.” Our professionals share a strong respect for land and community—and work to bring people together as allies for positive change.