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Lance Onstott, AICP, CNU-A — Founder + Principal, Chapter Planning + Development
Lance Onstott, AICP, CNU-A

Founder + Principal

Lance is an urban planner and development professional with more than 15 years of experience helping communities, organizations, and developers navigate growth through practical, implementation-focused planning. His experience spans municipal planning and zoning, long-range planning, economic development, capital improvement planning, and private development projects from concept and entitlement through implementation.

Having served in leadership roles within local government and private consulting, Lance brings a balanced understanding of the opportunities and constraints facing communities and development projects. His work is grounded in context, fiscal resilience, and the belief that enduring places evolve through thoughtful stewardship rather than wholesale reinvention.

AICP

Certified Planner

CNU-A

New Urbanism Accredited

15+ yrs

Public + private

At the table

Every project starts with a conversation.

Public or private, every engagement begins the same way — around a table, over the plans, aligning goals before anything gets drawn.

Clear scopes, honest timelines, and decisions made with the people who have to live with them. That's how projects keep moving — and why they last.

Representative experience

A record across the region.

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Representative experience includes experience completed in prior professional roles.

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