SERVICES

We offer a wide variety of services to help your organization build the framework for success. We can help put the tools in your toolbox and show you how to use them to their potential. We customize our services and prices to meet your budgeting needs. We want to ensure that you are getting exactly what you need, when you need it, and at the price you need to pay for it. We make sure we do our part to guarantee a satisfactory experience for our clients.

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PLANNING

At CES, planning is our specialty. We offer any planning service to meet your needs. Some of the things we can do in this category include:

Strategic Planning (short-term and long-term)

Meeting Facilitation

Comprehensive Planning

Succession Planning

Document Review and Streamlining

Conduct town halls and open houses

Create and conduct public input surveys

ZONING & ORDINANCES

We love zoning. It may sound nerdy, but a zoning ordinance can be the single most important document a city can have. It is literally the road map that will guide a city in the direction it wants to go. We take the time to make sure that your zoning and other important ordinances not only fit your organization's vision, but will also keep you out of a courtroom! Some of these services include:

Zoning Ordinance review

Zoning Ordinance rewrites

Minimum Development Requirements recommendations

Checklists and Tables

Zoning Administration

Document Review and Streamlining

Planning Commission training

GRANT WRITING

We know that finding the money to accomplish objectives is the biggest project killer of all municipalities. CES can help navigate through the money and find the most dollars for each project. These services include:

Grant Writing

Research and Data Analysis

Narrative review and copyediting

Grant opportunity research

Comprehensive funding strategies

MEETING FACILITATION

Death by meeting.... when it's not productive or necessary, we get it. However, done the correct way, meetings can be vital for organizations to communicate, collaborate, and stay on the same page. Moreover, good meetings are an excellent way to engage the public, get community input and feedback, and collaborate with organizational partners to get things done! These services include:

Meeting Facilitation

Write and conduct community surveys

Facilitate Town halls and open houses

Lead open meetings

Conduct SWOT analyses

Organizational needs assessments

Speaking Engagements

Leadership and Team Building

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

CES is passionate about the success of small businesses. They are the lifeblood of rural communities. Unfortunately, 90% of all small businesses in America fail. CES can help small business owners find, learn, and manage the resources it takes to not only stay open, but to also keep growing. These services include:

Business Plans

Marketing Plans

Succession Plans

Exit Strategies

Material Design and Development

Team Building

Funding Resources

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

We KNOW the difference between leaders and managers. We've SEEN the difference. We've BEEN the difference. Our leadership development strategies include various formats of delivery. Our leadership services include:

Partnership Facilitation

Speaking Engagements

Team Building

Resource Education

Advisory

Branding and Marketing Strategies

Educational Seminars

Small business Development Classes

Team Building

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Partnership Facilitation

Speaking Engagements

Innovative Capital Stacking

Resource Education

Advisory

Business recruitment

Downtown Development Strategies

Placemaking Strategies

Housing Trends

Research and Data Analysis

Historic Preservation and Adaptive Reuse

Main Street Program Education and Management

Small Business Development Classes

BRANDING & MARKETING

Your brand is your organization's identity. A brand gives credibility, consistency, recognition, and improves company reputation. In other words, a brand is what makes a company "legit." We can take your organization to the next level with your branding and marketing. These services include:

Logo Design

Press release templates

Social Media Graphics

Organization Style Guides

Letterheads

Business Cards

Envelopes

Company Apparel