Is your community struggling to find the resources to keep up with growing infrastructure, service and amenity needs and expectations? Do you feel like you’re spinning your wheels implementing policies and procedures you know won’t lead to the type of community your residents desire? Is there tension within your local government because you’re all coming from different starting points? Then you understand that business as usual is broken, and status quo has to go.

The first step to moving beyond business as usual is finding a common language that can be used to affirm desired outcomes with a broad group, and then align resources and actions to achieve those outcomes. We’ve found that financial resilience and fiscal analysis can be this common language, helping to frame discussions, inform decisions and prioritize investments for complicated topics such as land use and growth management, infrastructure and economic development.

Our presentations, podcast, workshops, network and staff augmentation services are all built around the goal of improving awareness about issues, sharing best practices and inspiring more people to lead change in their community. We strongly encourage communities we partner with to bring elected officials, staff, residents, businesses and developers together to share perspectives and establish a common platform of understanding so that feelings, interests and resources can be focused into constructive dialogue and actions that are mutually beneficial. We utilize a variety of presentations, facilitated discussions and learning journeys (walking tours) to improve understanding of issues and opportunities in your community or for a specific neighborhood or project.

Many smaller communities do not have the internal resources to keep up with changing regulations and new approaches or to manage larger planning, development or capital infrastructure projects themselves. For these cities, we are available to provide input and staff augmentation for planning, development and construction activities via hourly, on-call contracts.

education and implementation coaching services

• Keynotes

• Neighborhood Walkshops & Learning Journeys

• Workshops

• Strategic Planning Facilitation

• On-Call Retainers & Staff Augmentation

RELEVANT WORK

• Go Cultivate! Blog and Podcast

• Workshops and Walkshops

• Community Cultivators Online Network

• University Guest Lectures

• Keynotes & Presentations

Workshops

Educate & empower: Our workshops help city leaders diagnose, understand, and explain their city’s financial situation—and get a clear idea of how to realistically close their resource gap. Learn how fiscal resilience can provide a common language for framing key decisions around complex issues like land use, zoning, infrastructure, and economic development. Learn a framework to connect people and resources in your community to make immediate and meaningful progress toward shared goals—with resources you actually do have.

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Online Community

Connect & grow: Get connected to like-minded folks within city governments who are frustrated by the status quo, and who want to learn, discuss, and share actionable steps cities can take to become stronger & more resilient—socially, economically, environmentally, and fiscally. Regular deep dives into specific topics that matter to your city, case studies, implementable solutions, Q&As with us and expert guests, monthly book club, and access to a focused group of your peers who share our passion (and yours) for making meaningful change right now.

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