HERI Services We provide studies and reports for Kentucky communities.

A housing demand study is an important tool for communities creating or modifying comprehensive plans or considering the housing needs of both the existing population as well as new families, retirees, etc. The results predict future housing demand, resident preferences for housing size, price, and location as well as additional neighborhood and community-level investments that would support both new housing developments as well as existing neighborhoods.

A cost of community services (COCS) study identifies government expenditures and revenues by land use type. The study measures the fiscal relationship, or ratio, between revenues and expenditures.

A COCS study helps stakeholders and communities understand the costs (as they compare to revenues) associated with providing services to residential, agricultural and commercial development Expenditures and revenues are allocated by residential, commercial/industrial, and farm/agricultural based on land uses. Government expenditures might refer to public safety services (police, fire), libraries, trash, recycling, street maintenance, utilities, property valuation, and more. Government revenues include property taxes, occupational taxes, licenses, permits and fees.

Our community planning process brings into focus the community’s priorities. 
Any planning process has the potential to elevate the many voices of community members. To be clear, our planning process relies on community input. Here’s why: if community members believe they have a stake in the future of their community and have received the invitation to create it, they become more engaged to achieve it.

Where is your community going? 
Is your community growing or shrinking? Perhaps your community is maturing? Or maybe your community is caught up in a whirlwind of new opportunities?  Maybe it’s hard to say what exactly is going on. With the latest decennial Census data release, useful information on any community is available. Add to it the proprietary data our team has on the economic trends and health of your community, as well as community insights and engagement, and we can begin to paint a detailed picture of where your community is and how it got here.