Unlocking Progress.
Services
Alternative Deal Resolution
Neutral facilitation and mediative resolution to align stakeholders, resolve disputes, and move impactful projects and public-private partnerships forward.
- Align competing interests in development projects.
- Facilitate communication to resolve conflicts.
- Identify concerns and develop resolutions.
- Unblock stalled projects and achieve consensus around a shared vision.
Alternative Deal Evaluation
Independent assessment of a project’s value, impact, and stakeholder perceptions to better predict long-term outcomes.
- Gather input and review economic/social impacts.
- Analyze developer and city data.
- Use mediative techniques to foster relationships and gain deep qualitative intelligence.
- Assess project perception and long-term outcomes.
Highest & Best Strategy
Independent and innovative evaluation and refinement of economic development and social enterprise business plans to maximize effectiveness and community impact.
- Review economic strategies and community plans.
- Collect and analyze stakeholder feedback and assess current performance.
- Use mediative techniques and enterprise building experience to create innovation and interstitial perspectives.
- Edit and enhance plans and related outcomes for maximum impact and effectiveness.
There is a lot of specialized knowledge available in the business world, but when you need more than a transactional relationship, look to Doug Rasmussen. Doug takes ownership of the project’s results and works with you as a true partner, all-in. He has an impressive work ethic, a servant’s attitude, and a character that moves him beyond the extra mile for anyone he encounters in life, not just his clients. Doug is special!
In a field crowded with consultants that offer development advice, this firm stands apart. What truly sets them apart, is the trust they’ve built on both sides of the table. Their fluency in how government and private capital actually interact allow them to offer strategic value in defusing, mediating and then re-aligning broken public/private economic development relationships.
