consulting

Consulting for our clients goes well beyond the engineering and architecture realm. Our industry experts can guide you through a plethora of business/project challenges in the areas of financing, communications, and organizational administration. 

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Our finance team can assist municipalities in a variety of efforts including capital improvement planning, grant writing, loan application development, researching and advising on available funding sources, and assisting in qualifying communities for funding opportunities. We know your staff can be small with limited resources and we're willing to step in and supplement your efforts to assist wherever we can.

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The Ackerman-Estvold communications team has extensive experience in the broad category of communications including public information, media relations, social media, public relations, web design, collateral material development, graphic design, and marketing plan development. So whether you are embarking on a community project that needs stakeholder buy in or you are in need of a logo, website, or water tower design, our team of experts can facilitate this process to make it easy and painless, creating stellar results. 

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Several of our team members serve in an administrative capacity for organizations helping to develop strategy, working with local, state, and national government officials to secure funding and project support, overseeing all project communications with stakeholders and media, developing brands and messaging for the entity/project and supporting organizational objectives. These consulting services we provide to boards and organizations allows the board members to focus efforts on other areas while we lend our expertise in the areas where they need additional support.