MISSION

We work with communities by facilitating participatory planning processes that promote collaboration, build capacity, and create sustainable, community-driven solutions.

In partnership with local leaders, organizations, and government agencies, we provide design, planning, and engagement services that ensure projects reflect the authentic needs of the community.

We continue to seek opportunities where we help catalyze ideas and elevate voices and environments. 

 

SERVICES

We partner with communities, neighborhood leaders, designers and local government agencies to provide design, planning and capacity building services. We specialize in a participatory process for planning and design of projects,programs and initiatives. Our services include:

  • Community Landscape Design

  • Community Led Builds

  • Schoolyards and Learning Environments

  • Community Forestry

  • Community Art Projects and Programs

We work with governments, organizations and communities to build lasting relationships and develop meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We offer outreach, facilitation, engagement and communication services to help develop solutions and ideas together.

  • Community Engagement Strategy

  • Stakeholder Mapping and Analysis

  • Community Needs Assessment

  • Engagement Tools and Materials

    • Surveys, Workshops, Open-Houses, Focus Groups

    • Feedback Mechanisms for ongoing input

  • Communication and Outreach

  • Facilitation of Community Meetings and Workshops

  • Analysis and Reporting

    • Recommendations for Action

    • Impact Assessment

We offer a range of workshops that stems from our experience in participatory planning, facilitation, community engagement and community building. Workshop structures and outcomes vary, depending on the need, team size and topic.

Popular workshops include:

  • Participatory Planning Process

  • Strategic Planning

  • Community Engagement Strategy

  • Program Development and Operations

  • Conflict Resolution

  • Training and Capacity Building

 

Interested in collaborating? Contact us

 

TOOLKITS

The following toolkits are in the process of being developed. Please reach out if you have questions

Our EP Homeowner Toolkit provides you with an outline of all the things to do and maintain once the excitement of buying your first home settles in. Many items in this toolkit are useful if you are a long-time homeowner as well. We share our annual maintenance tips, a list of reliable contractors, how to work with the appraisal district, DIY tips for improvements, and tools for keeping everything organized.

We lay out best practices for planning, design, stewardship and material use for your homestead. We hope to provide people with a guide and inspiration to get them excited and feeling prepared to take the first step into nurturing and growing your home garden.

This toolkit can be customized for your bioregion.

Through our years of developing green schoolyards, we have allocated our design and construction guides as well as best practices for stewardship and collaboration. This toolkit will help you with the planning and design of your green schoolyard, how to facilitate community collaboration, a list of funding opportunities, maintenance practices and more.

This toolkit can be customized for your bioregion.

We believe in neighbors working with neighbors to develop healthy and vibrant neighborhoods that take a watershed and climate action approach to development. We share our approach and process for facilitating neighborhood scale projects that implement rain catchment and grey water systems, low impact development, incorporate edible, native and adapted plantings, urban forestry, way finding, community knowledge sharing and more.

This toolkit can be customized for your bioregion.