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May 8 Consulting tackles tough challenges with great partners – our clients. Whether trying to revitalize a city, preserve open space, stop abandonment and blight, create environmental sustainability, or promote regional equity, our goal is to work with our clients to create an action plan to address these issues that is innovative, collaborative, high-impact, and politically feasible. We do not stop at creating the action plan, however; often, we work with our clients to implement the necessary changes.
May 8’s work has brought about changes to state and local laws, municipal policies and programs, and moved a city or town towards revitalization through reinvestment. Whatever we do and however we do it, our goal is to create positive change.
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our process
We often begin by defining the issues and then building potential solutions. Next we may prepare a user-friendly, engaging report to educate decision-makers on the need to address the issue and how to do so. Or we may bring together organizations and help them to reach a consensus on strategy and join forces as a coalition to advance change. The result will be tangible and lasting. Learn more about our expertise and recent publications. |
recent news
All Aboard! Making Equity and Inclusion Central to Federal Transportation Policy released August 2009.May 8 had the pleasure of contributing to this PolicyLink brief that explores how federal transportation is vital to create more equitable, livable cities and regions. The research piece establishes core principles for achieving equity in transportation, and analyzes available data to define which communities and transportation users most benefit from federal investments, who pays to finance transportation improvements and who decides who should be funded and what the priority outcomes should be. Learn more
Reclaiming Foreclosed Properties for Community Benefit educates local government and non-profit leaders across the country about foreclosure recovery. (July, 2009). The new PolicyLink tool provides a framework for developing a comprehensive foreclosure recovery plan and showcases the most innovative and promising strategies for the acquisition, maintenance, management, and transfer of foreclosed properties to low-income renters and homeowners, or for other beneficial neighborhood use. Learn more
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