Archives by Tag 'strategic planning'
New CONCUR Fact Sheet on Watershed Planning
CONCUR has prepared a new fact sheet focused on our watershed planning experience and expertise (download PDF).
Watershed planning touches on a broad range of issues including local land use policies, stream protection concerns, restoration goals, flood control, and water quality. The planning framework can be transboundary and address implications for climate [...]
A New CONCUR White Paper - Some Observations from Our Mediated Cases: How Organizations and Relationships Can Transform to Implement New Environmental Policies
To document and learn from the variety of cases we facilitate and mediate, we at CONCUR regularly publish working papers, journal articles, and book chapters, as well as speak as conference presenters and guest lecturers.
CONCUR’s newest Working Paper collects personal reflections of Principals John Gamman and Scott McCreary, drawn from 20 years of mediating complex [...]
Alaskan Way Viaduct Project Featured in RAI Magazine (July 2009)
Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure, a monthly magazine focused on bridge and road engineering, featured the Alaskan Way Viaduct project in its July 2009 edition.
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The cover feature provides a comprehensive overview of the project - from its years-long impasse to the January 2009 agreement that lays the groundwork for a new way forward.
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Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct (2007-present)
Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire, then-King County Executive Ron Sims and Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels announced on January 15, 2009 a break-through agreement to resolve a longstanding dispute over the replacement of the at-risk Alaskan Way Viaduct, a 60-year-old stacked highway that separates downtown Seattle from the waterfront. The recommendation – put forward by the [...]
Strategic Planning for Nevada Infrastructure for Climate Change Science, Education and Outreach (November 2008)
CONCUR facilitated a strategic planning meeting to support a new, $15 million, National Science Foundation-backed initiative on climate change. The project–the Nevada Infrastructure for Climate Change Science, Education and Outreach–is in the beginning phases. Members of the initiative’s 30-person task force include research faculty, teaching and education professionals, and business community leaders affiliated with Nevada’s [...]
UN CEO Water Mandate Initiative (March 2008)
CONCUR Senior Associate Bennett Brooks facilitated the inaugural meeting of the CEO Water Mandate, a United Nations-sponsored initiative that brings together business leaders and the broader international community with a focus on improving strategies and efforts to address the emerging global water crisis.
The initiative focuses on six main topic areas: direct operations; supply chain [...]
CALFED: Assessment of Water Use Efficiency Technical Assistance (2006-2007)
As part of ongoing inter-agency efforts to implement a Water Use Efficiency (WUE) Program in California, in 2007, the US Bureau of Reclamation asked CONCUR, Inc. to conduct an assessment of the technical assistance provided in support of local WUE programs. CONCUR gathered information from two main sources: a set of approximately 40 confidential stakeholder [...]
MLPA Central Coast Regional Stakeholder Group Facilitation Completed (2005-2006)
In 2005-2006, CONCUR facilitated the MLPA Central Coast Regional Stakeholder Group (CCRSG), a 32-member group charged with developing alternate packages of Marine Protected Areas for the region between Pigeon Point and Point Conception. The aim of the program is to build a statewide network to protect biological diversity and rebuild depleted fish stocks, and create [...]
Strategic Planning for the Marin County Local Agency Formation Commission (2005-2008)
CONCUR has been repeatedly retained by the Marin County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) to facilitate their yearly strategic planning retreat. The goal of LAFCOs is to discourage urban sprawl, preserve agricultural land resources, and encourage the orderly formation and development of local governmental agencies. LAFCOs are responsible for planning local government boundaries, approving or [...]
Developing a Reliable Plan to Conserve Water in the Imperial Valley (2005-2007)
CONCUR was part of a multi-faceted team headed by Davids Engineering of Davis, California hired by the Imperial Irrigation District to develop a plan for conserving more than 300,000 acre-feet of water for transfer to San Diego and elsewhere. In its role in the project, referred to as the Definite Plan, CONCUR was responsible for [...]