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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. The press agrees that May 8's work has the power to create change.
“Taking Care of Business: Improving Philadelphia's Small Business Climate," could spark some rejoicing because it is the opposite of a dry and boring report. It is clear, coherent and compelling, and provides action steps and common-sense solutions that could provide some canny elected official - the mayor, for example, or certain members of City Council - with a working blueprint for changing the city's economy.”
—Philadelphia Daily News Editorial Page November 22, 2011
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
Eight years of collaboration between non-profit, business and government leaders facilitated by May 8 Consulting
has cut development review time in half and expanded the viability of Philadelphia’s housing market.
FixItPhilly: A Coalition Case Study explores what this coalition has achieved to date and what made the
collaboration both innovative and effective.
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On December 15th, City Council unanimously passed Philadelphia's first new Zoning Code in 50 years. May 8 has coordinated the effort for the FixItPhilly Coalition since 2004. For more details go to fixitphilly.orgListen to May 8's Karen Black on NPR radio discuss the risks and benefits to communities when international investors buy up
foreclosed properties in Las Vegas.
On November 18th, Taking Care of Business, an important report on the state of small business in Philadelphia, is released.
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