RG Lathrop Consulting

Randi Lathrop is the President & CEO of RG Lathrop Consulting LLC, based in Boston. Her focus areas are Development Consulting, Government Relations, Urban Planning and Zoning, Community / Business Engagement, Business Development / Economic Development and Retail Assistance. Randi Lathrop was the former Director of Business Development at the Bost... on Redevelopment Authority (BRA), which is the planning and economic development agency for the City of Boston. The new Business Development Division was created to dedicate more attention and energy to our relationships with the business community. This included existing businesses, and recruiting new businesses to Boston. The former business division oversaw retail, industrial, commercial, manufacturing, life tech, bio tech, creative economy, the innovation district and innovation for Boston and the ONEin3 program Randi was the former Deputy Director of Community Planning at the BRA for 10 years. She managed the community planning staff for the department, which oversees planning initiatives, and rezoning for the neighborhoods of Boston. She personally focused on the redevelopment of Washington Street in Bostons South End/Lower Roxbury for the last 25 years. Since 2004, she also focused on the identity and branding strategy for Bostons Downtown area, and also worked closely with the property owners on creating the first businesses improvement district for Boston: the Downtown Boston Business Improvement District. In 2004. She worked with the residents, property owners, and the business community adopting the planning that lead to new zoning for the Fenway neighborhood; adopted the planning that led to new zoning for the Harrison/ Albany area in the South End, worked with a team of City Hall departments adopting the first City of Boston Food Truck Initiative and the planning and zoning for the Christian Science Plaza Revitalization Project. Lathrop was also the co-director of the award-winning master plan for the Massachusetts Turnpike Air Rights, paving the way ...Read More