Archives by Tag 'strategic planning'

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 [...]

Lake Tahoe Research and Science Consortium (2004-2005)

CONCUR was selected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in June 2004 to work with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and other federal, state and local entities to design a process for coordinating Lake Tahoe-focused science- and research-related activities. The effort is intended to assist those entities needing to [...]

Strategic Planning for NMFS Protected Resources Outreach and Education (2005)

CONCUR worked with NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) outreach and education coordinators to develop a national Outreach and Education Strategic Plan focused on protected resources. The purpose of the Plan was to coordinate and outline protected resources outreach and education actions for the next three to five years. The three-day effort brought together fifteen [...]

Strategic Planning and Organizational Capacity-Building for Federal Agency Partners in the Pacific Islands (2003-2004)

CONCUR provided strategic planning and facilitation services to assist key governmental agencies to form a stronger partnership in the vast Pacific Islands Region. In the spring of 2003, the Pacific Islands Region was established as an autonomous region within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The establishment of the new region created a strong [...]