Facilitation

CBI staff facilitate annual strategic planning for a new national network of organizations that provide affordable housing in perpetuity, the Community Land Trust Network.

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Facing the possibility of a proposed five-turbine wind farm on Little Equinox Mountain in Manchester, Vermont, the Orton Family Foundation initiated a citizen engagement process to explore citizen’s interests and concerns regarding the proposed wind farm. Over a period of four months, the Consensus Building Institute guided a team through an intense planning, issues exploration, and public outreach process, which included four-topic specific information sharing meetings and culminated in a day-long Wind Summit.

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With contracts providing two-thirds of Vermont’s electric power beginning to expire in the next four years, the future source of Vermont's electricity was open for examination. To help the state engage Vermont’s citizens in discussions about their energy future, the Consensus Building Institute and Jonathan Raab Associates helped lead a statewide public engagement process. Over 700 citizens participated in the workshops which included presentations, facilitated discussions, key pad polling, and public comment.

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CBI plays a key role in assisting private, public and government entities in the Boston area work collaboratively to identify local air quality problems and voluntarily address them by adopting innovative strategies to raise awareness and implement technical solutions.

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How should the coastline be managed in coming years? CBI worked with NOAA and the Coastal States Organization to gather input from people across the nation on how the coasts could be better managed and to develop principles to guide that management.

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Augusta, Georgia, a growing region with a host of medical facilities,
faced a challenge when the state’s Board of Regents decided to expand
the medical school to include the powerful research assets of the
University of Georgia at Athens. Two major business groups, Augusta
Tomorrow and the Greater Augusta Chamber of Commerce responded by
convening the head of the Medical College, hospital CEOs, and local
business leaders. CBI assisted by preparing and leading two
facilitated workshops on how best to proceed.

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The Farm and Food Policy Project (FFPP) was established to allow participating organizations to work collaboratively to advance four interlocking policy initiatives designed to unite diverse constituencies and help to build a more sustainable food and agriculture system in the United States. The Project had four broad goals: 1) promote new agricultural markets and rural entrepreneurship, 2) enhance the economic viability of small- and moderate-sized family farms and ranches, 3) reward environmental stewardship, 4) combat hunger by increasing access to healthy food through community food systems.