We provide a full range of community relations services. We offer a high level of expertise in planning and public policy and a full range of communication capabilities to ensure effective and ongoing communications with the public. This provides you with meaningful and effective public input that can impact the decision-making process.

We recognize public involvement as one of the most effective tools in designing a plan, program, or project that can be implemented with the support of the community. Direct involvement of key stakeholders in the planning and design of public services and facilities ensures the product will work for the public served.

With more than 30 years of experience in the field of planning and public involvement, we have developed numerous regional and community-based public involvement programs and plans. Because we organize and conduct dozens of stakeholder and task force meetings involving controversial regional issues every year, we understand the importance of presenting planning and engineering concepts to the public in a clear and precise manner.

We tailor each program to meet the individual needs of the project. We believe community relations is more than public meetings and newsletters. A proactive approach is necessary to reach each segment of the population, recognizing that there are different audiences ranging from elected officials and community leaders to agency staff and the general public. Text, graphics, and other tools must be designed to inform and involve each group effectively.

Our community relations services include:

• Advertising and promotions
• Public and media relations
• Presentations
• Meeting organization and facilitation
• Graphic design services
• Newsletters
• Web page development
• Stakeholder interviews
• Questionnaire and survey development
• Fact sheets
• Visual preference surveys