LOCAL Decisions

Participatory decision making requires a careful division of labor. Some tasks, such as identifying priorities, naturally belong to citizens. Other tasks, such as solution design, feasibility analysis, and policy writing should be undertaken by specialists within your organization. We fill in the gaps. We do the critical things that your planners, engineers, and recreation specialists do not do, such as run large-scale public consultations, conduct statistical analysis of data, operate topic-specific websites, undertake complex economic and risk analyses. More critically, we provide a roadmap—a proven methodology— to navigate your issue or problem. We know how to bring your community and your staff together to work collectively and productively to provide solutions that people understand and support.