Capabilities
The Smithsons Group is a global consultancy that collaborates with developers, non-profits and municipalities in order to define, refine and implement their development ideas, turning them into reality.
We focus on the most critical issues and opportunities facing communities today: resiliency, economic stimulation, workforce development, operational effectiveness, sustainable infrastructure, digital transformation, and innovative public-private finance. We apply this expertise across the full spectrum of a community's ecosystem—from city hall and non-profits to private sector developers and philanthropic foundations.
We bring deep, functional expertise, but are known for our ability to see the whole picture. Our service is to bring people together to learn and explore ideas about the environment, thoughtful development, wellness, and new ways of thinking and planning for a resilient future. We create value by building bridges between the traditional silos of the public, private, and social sectors and we have proven that the greatest impact comes from optimizing the entire community system, where strategic investments in place, business, and people reinforce one another to build durable prosperity.
These are the principles we've implemented in Pajoma.
"'I believe abundant living is not abstract. It is practical. It requires spiritual grounding, access to education that builds agency, financial systems that reward stability and ownership, cultural narratives that reinforce dignity, and economic structures that allow communities that last throughout generations."'
- Gene Smith III, Founder
How We Help
Workshops & Forums
A facilitated session that makes the case for what prepared communities look like. We present the real world implementation of our principles for planning during either in depth tours or workshops at our partner conventions.
Partner Engagements
We help turn your ideas into reality, providing real world solutions, design and planning for you to develop the world's next exceptional wellness community, agrihood or resilient concept. We expose you and your team to best practices for combining land conservation, local food production, and vibrant community development. We help you integrate mixed-income housing types with commercial and agriculture while protecting green spaces for recreation, and community connectivity.
Audits
A structured diagnostic that maps where your community or development stands against TSG's community framework.
It answers three questions: What's working? What's missing? What's it costing you?
Consulting
We provide a full range of solutions to deliver for your municipalities' initiatives to support or standup your economic development teams. This includes workforce pipeline design, economic mobility pathways, community investment architecture, and resiliency planning that holds up in front of all the stakeholders and residents that make your community what it is.