Will Downie, AICP, is a Senior Planner at Barrett Planning Group. Will’s expertise includes assisting clients on housing, zoning, and comprehensive planning work. He has extensive experience working with several New Hampshire communities to make their zoning ordinances more housing friendly, aiding new Affordable Housing Trusts to establish a strategic plan, and working on Comprehensive Plans in large and small cities throughout Massachusetts. Will’s background also includes experience in site plan review, deed restrictions, and affordable housing from his time as a planner in New Jersey. Will brings strong research, diagnostic, public engagement, data analysis abilities, along with legal and regulatory compliance skills from his five years as a paralegal. Will holds a master’s in City and Regional Planning from Rutgers University. He firmly believes in the ability of planning to help make communities more equitable, livable and thriving, and its power to better represent and meet the needs of everyone in the community. When he is not in the office or working on-site, Will enjoys camping, hiking, and discovering new coffee shops. Born and raised on Narragansett Bay, Will loves sailing, kayaking, and any other excuse to be out on the water.