» Monthly Archives: February 2011
New Methods, Tools Win Development Battles Investment In New Technologies Is Critical
By P. Michael Saint
Chairman and CEO
The Saint Consulting Group
Winning land use political campaigns means staying on top of the latest political campaign tactics and technology. At Saint Consulting we pride ourselves in doing just that.
Among the weapons in our arsenal are many that we have adapted from candidate campaigns. These include, for example:
Social Media: Using ...
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Saint Consulting Project Featured in US News & World Report
By Owen Eagan, The Saint Consulting Group
US News & World Report recently recognized Honolulu as one of the 10 best cities for public transportation due to the city’s bus system and proposed 20-mile rail transit system (see “The 10 Best Cities for Public Transportation,” http://bit.ly/hdxTxC).
In the fall of 2008, Saint ...
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A Short History of Land Use and Why It Matters, Pt 2
(Robert J. Flavell is vice chairman of The Saint Consulting Group and co-author of NIMBY Wars: The Politics of Land Use)
By Robert J. Flavell, Vice Chairman, The Saint Consulting Group
Citizens didn’t always feel so empowered. In mid-century America, it was widely quoted and believed that you can’t fight city hall—that government officials made decisions according ...
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Real Estate and Politics Pt 1: Securing Development Approvals in a NIMBY Age
(Robert J. Flavell is vice chairman of The Saint Consulting Group and co-author of NIMBY Wars: The Politics of Land Use)
By Robert J. Flavell, Vice Chairman, The Saint Consulting Group
It’s evening at city hall. The planning board’s hearing on the proposed development is about to get underway before an expectant crowd of citizens. The development ...
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Strategic Communications Part 3: Crisis Comms=immediate, full disclosure
By Owen Eagan & J. Gregory Payne We discussed the importance of grassroots advocacy and public relations to land use campaigns in Parts 1 and 2 of this series. In this segment, we’d like to focus on crisis communications as this is an essential component to any comprehensive communications strategy. You have likely heard the ...
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Strategic Communications Part 2: Public Relations not easy to quantify
By Owen Eagan, The Saint Consulting Group
In Part 1 of this series, we discussed evaluating grassroots organizing and GOTV efforts based on their quantifiable results. The efficacy of these methods of strategic communications is relatively easy to measure due to the ability to analyze them using a randomized experimental design. While grassroots advocacy is absolutely ...
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Strategic Communications Part 1: Grassroots Organizing and GOTV Efforts
By Owen Eagan, The Saint Consulting Group An integral part of Saint Consulting’s land use expertise is the model it utilizes for strategic communications. Along with providing its clients with strategic counsel on land use issues in general, the company recommends that real estate developers utilize grassroots advocacy to interact with residents as directly as ...
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Two years on, T. Boone Pickens Drops Wind Power From His Energy Plan
T. Boone Pickens, once one of the brightest examples of the shift from conventional fossil fuel energy to renewableenergy, has announced his Pickens Plan no longer involves wind energy, the energycollective blog reports.
Pickens made his fortune in the oil and gas industry. Yet, in 2008, he offered up the Pickens Plan as a roadmap for creating ...
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