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Specialty Services

Public and Stakeholder Engagement

We are highly skilled at developing and implementing stakeholder and community engagement strategies for a variety of contexts. From small to large, simple to complex, we thrive at right-sizing our engagement framework and approach for each community we work in. We stay on top of the latest trends and technologies, ensuring both in-person and digital outreach strategies that maximize reach and enable all community voices to be heard.

 

Key services include:

  • Engagement strategy: engagement & outreach framework, project branding, equity analysis and tie in

  • Project communications: social media content, graphics & branding, newsletters, email campaigns, text message campaigns

  • Public meetings & events: community workshops, open houses, charrettes, pop up events, walking tours, tactical urbanism events, intercept surveys

  • Virtual meetings: community meetings, coffee chats, office hours

  • Interactive input tools: online surveys, map input tools, Miro boards

  • Stakeholder meetings: advisory committees, focus groups, interviews, listening sessions, targeted outreach

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Input board from the Fayetteville Forward LCI Study
Community members participating in a art activity at the City of Atlanta Vision Zero Action Plan event
Community Members reviewing input boards

City of Atlanta Vision Zero Action Plan

Dunwoody
Edge City 2.0

Fayetteville Forward
LCI Study

GIS Analysis and Mapping

Place is essential to community planning. At Blue Cypress, we leverage the latest GIS tools and applications to analyze, visualize, and evaluate spatial patterns for our clients. GIS helps us better understand demographic conditions and community needs to facilitate plans, prioritize strategies, and support implementation tools. Our GIS work elevates everyday planning practices like community engagement, transit propensity, and street safety to justify policies to create a more equitable/inclusive communities.

Macon-Bibb County Logo
Team members at a Gwinnett County input event
Columbus, GA

Gwinnett County
2045 Unified Plan

River Valley Regional Commission Transit Development Plan

Macon Bibb-County
GIS On-Call

Equity

Blue Cypress is committed to using equity analyses to inform engagement approaches. We take the steps to remove participation barriers that some community groups have historically experienced, ensuring more inclusive involvement. By applying equity metrics, we can develop, prioritize, and implement recommendations that lead to more equitable outcomes in our plans.

Brookhaven, GA
Caroline Evans interacting with community members as part of the City of Atlanta Vision Zero Action Plan
Folks gathered around a table reviewing project materials for the Atlanta Stitch Master Plan project

City of Atlanta Vision Zero Action Plan

Atlanta's Stitch 
Master Plan

Brookhaven Bound for 2044 Comprehensive Plan

Resiliency Planning

Resiliency is at the forefront of how we plan for a better tomorrow. We assess the impacts of proposed actions on the environment, social systems, and through the lens of financial viability. Our team stays abreast of the latest tools and research related to resiliency by actively taking part in related planning forums and undertaking various analyses to facilitate long term resiliency in our client communities. Using data from the federal Justice 40 Initiative, FEMA, EPA, NOAA, and other resources, we identify resiliency gaps and develop strategies to promote watershed protection, expand tree canopies, and enhance water, wastewater, and stormwater management systems, among other critical goals.

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Team members at a Gwinnett County input event
Caroline Evans presenting at the  SCRIA Sustainability Summit

Gwinnett County
2045 Unified Plan

South Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority

King County International Aiport ACI 2050 Net-Zero Emissions Feasibility Study

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