Advanced Technology Transforms the Planning and Zoning Process
Successful collaborative drafting in the cloud may seem like a lofty goal when experience points to substantial challenges. Conflicting, disjointed versions of documents revised by multiple parties. Confusing track-changes upon track-changes. Imperfect document-merge processes that never work as intended. All collaboration nightmares. As communities move toward digital planning and zoning, there are tools to mitigate these challenges.
Codify & Publish New Ordinances Online
Local governments are discovering how easy it is to self-codify and publish their current codes online while creating vast, searchable records of historical ordinance amendments. enCodePlus offers an easy-to-use, secure tool that supports both self-publishing and full-service support depending on the individual needs of the local government.
Local Governments Use Interactive Technology to Enhance Community Access to Policy
Local governments are turning to emerging technology to make their policies more accessible and compelling to the public. By creating attractive and easy-to-navigate websites, cities and counties across the country are making traditionally tedious documents, plans and regulations interactive and easy to understand.
Founder and CEO Bret Keast, One of Ten Most Influential CEOs of 2021
Congratulations to our own Founder and CEO Bret C. Keast, AICP! He has recently been recognized by The CXO Fortune on its list of the 10 Most Influential CEOs of the Year for 2021. To resolve inefficiencies, streamline workflows, simplify the navigation and understanding of laws and regulations, and improve public information and access, one man came up with a solution which would change the way counties and municipalities operate.
Greensboro, NC, Raises the Bar with Cutting-Edge Approach to Comprehensive Plan
Until the late 1990’s, the City of Greensboro, NC, did not place emphasis on their vision for long-range planning. For almost 200 years since the city’s incorporation, the Planning Department had focused primarily on current planning, zoning and development projects. This focus was essential for land and economic development and to secure a fiscally sustainable future.
Soaring Home Prices Challenge City Officials
As town officials debate how to increase housing numbers in order to reach budgets, Kendig Keast’s own Bret Keast offers insight into zoning ordinances and adding diversity to the town of Littleton Colorado. Kendig Keast is working with the city in order to help develop the Unified Land Use Code.
Covington Revitalizes Code with enCodePlus
enCodePlus continues to help the City of Covington, KY, by hosting user-friendly development regulations that address a host of issues, including those involving parts of the city that were developed before Covington had zoning. The latest version of the NDC is always available online to residents for review and comment as soon as it is published.
The Clemson, SC Code of Ordinance is Now Online!
Clemson, SC, code of ordinances are now available online: view, pop-up definitions, mobile viewing, exporting and sharing, eReader, hyperlinked cross-referencing….
Collaborative Drafting
Drafting ordinances, guidelines, and other documents commonly involve multiple departments and staff. While important, this collaboration is often made difficult by the availability or choice of software. enCodePlus offers a built-in stylesheet providing for pre-set formatting, numbering, styling, and document preparation that is as simple as click-and-type.
Codification Guide to Improve Codification Workflow
Codification refers to a code of ordinances that is a consolidated set of laws for a political division, such as a town, city, township, county, parish or another type of jurisdiction. This Code is often changed or updated through the adoption of ordinances, resolutions, or by-laws.
Take Control with Municipal Planning Software
Our innovative, cloud-based municipal planning software is transforming the traditional, outdated approach for managing codes of ordinances. enCodePlus has created a fully-integrated content management software system for planners that can efficiently and confidently communicate accurate, up-to-date, cohesive information, offering a seamless, positive experience for the end user.
The 2019 American Planning Association Planning Conference
enCodePlus is excited to announce its attendance at this year’s American Planning Association Planning Conference. We will be at booth #400 discussing our truly revolutionary municipal planning software which will change the very way planners approach their job. The product is in a category all its own – unlike anything on the market.
The Planning Tool of the Future for Municipal Planning and Zoning Consultants
Municipal planning and zoning consultants across the country are discovering an amazing, innovative tool to win planning projects… enCodePlus municipal planning and zoning software represents a new approach for municipal planning and zoning consultants looking for efficiency, full system integration, ease of use, and an undeniable edge on the competition.
City Zoning Software from enCodePlus Transforms Market
More and more city planners are exploring city zoning software as a solution to their city zoning management challenges. City planners across the United States share the same concerns when it comes to drafting, reviewing, editing and publishing their growing libraries of zoning documents.
CEO, Bret Keast Recognized Among “10 Best Entrepreneurs of the Year 2019”
Keast recognized for developing industry-leading cloud-based municipal code and planning and zoning software… We’re so proud to share the news that our own Bret C. Keast was recognized in the current issue of Industry Era as one of the “10 Best Entrepreneurs of the Year 2019!
Security is a Mission Critical Component of enCodePlus Software Architecture
The creators of enCodePlus municipal planning software know that system security is a driving concern for city and county community planners, so they built in measures to mitigate the risks. Robust software security and redundant servers are the backbone of the rock-solid enCodePlus security solution.
GIS Map Software & Technology with ViewPro
The partnership between enCodePlus municipal planning software and GIS platform developer ViewPro infuses the leading planning and zoning software in the industry with the inventive capabilities of the top online, interactive GIS platform integrator creates a truly unmatched, fully integrated planning platform that is destined to pioneer the way municipal planning is done in the future.
City of Menifee Wins Award for Best Planning Practices
enCodePlus client, Menifee, CA, recently received the 2020 Best Practices Award from the Inland Empire section of the American Planning Association for the city’s comprehensive development code update for outstanding achievement in the planning field for utilization of a specific planning tool, practice, program, project or process.
Success Story: Kenton County, Kentucky, Multi-Community Platform
Kenton County, Kentucky, and the 19 constituent cities that lie within its 164-square-mile footprint, have a unique, coordinated approach to planning and development in their communities. enCodePlus delivered the streamlined records management functionality PDS was seeking: document management, collaborative editing, annotating, amending, archiving, storing and processing.
Top-10 Provider of Citizen Engagement Solutions in 2019
The team at Government CIO Outlook believes that citizens expect more simplicity, more transparency and more focus on their needs. However, the complex and outdated technology historically utilized by governments presents significant obstacles. Moreover, governments are often unable to respond to citizens adequately or in a timely manner.