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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
Read When Investors Buy Up the Neighborhood: Preventing Investor Ownership from Causing Neighborhood DeclineThis report by May 8 Consulting and PolicyLink examines the issue of investor purchasing of foreclosed and distressed properties, presents a set of best practices and promising approaches being used in communities to prevent irresponsible investor ownership from leading to neighborhood decline, and makes recommendations about what stakeholders in the Twin Cities can do to address this challenge.
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Click here for the Next American City magazine review.
Read Going Mod: Reducing Housing Costs in Philadelphia with Modular Construction A new report that explores whether modular construction can reduce the cost of new construction in Philadelphia in order to welcome more investment into our neighborhoods, refresh our aging housing stock and redevelop abandoned lots that blight the community.View publication. Click here for press coverage.
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