Strategy & Advisory
The strategy layer of a master plan, without the fiscal-year wait.
What this practice is
The research, comparator work, synthesis, and roadmap that sit at the core of a master plan, delivered in weeks. It is for councils and boards facing a recreation, culture, programs, or economic-development planning need on a real timeline and a real budget. Where a statutory engagement process is required, we partner for the facilitation and own the research and synthesis.
The offers
Strategy sprint
What you get
- A comparator scan of peer communities on your specific question
- A gap analysis grounded in a cited research base
- A recommended direction with the reasoning shown
- A sequenced roadmap your council can fund in stages
- Delivered in weeks, and we stand behind every page
It starts with a conversation.
Start a conversationOperational and service reviews
What you get
- A focused review of a service, program, or function
- Benchmarking against how peer organizations run the same thing
- Findings tied to actions you can start this budget year
- A plain-language report sized for a small team to act on
- Scoped to fit inside a direct-award budget
It starts with a conversation.
Start a conversationTell us what plan or review is coming due.
Describe the planning need and your timeline. We read it the same day and talk through what a sprint or a review would cover.
Start a conversation