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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
Central Delaware Action Plan launched on June 26, 2008. On the evening of June 26, 2008 over 500 Philadelphians and Mayor Nutter came to celebrate and embrace the Central Delaware Action Plan as a detailed implementation guide for revitalizing the Central Delaware Riverfront. The Philadelphia Inquirer explores the plan's top recommendation, the reform and rehabilitation of the Penn's Landing Corporation on the front page the morning of the event. News coverage discussing the Action Plan includes: Inquirer Front Page, Inquirer Op-Ed, Philadelphia Daily News
The State of Pennsylvania Unveils Community Revitalization Guide on May 13, 2008. Proclaiming the guide a "powerful new device in its arsenal of community revitalization tools", the State releases May 8's Desktop Guide as an e-book. The press release is here
A PowerPoint discussing Guide highlights presented by Karen Black at the Federal Reserve Bank 's 2008 Reinventing Older Communities Conference is available at here.
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