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VERA specializes in bringing together local and regional stakeholders in cooperative forums to clarify, inform, and stimulate solutions to potential development obstacles. Building community trust while making the process efficient and cost effective is the overall goal.

 

The Deerfield Wind Collaborative Wind Planning process, bringing together more than 30 local, state and regional stakeholders, guided the project through successful permitting. The Georgia Mountain Community Wind outreach focused on a community-oriented effort using local businesses and experts and the Kingdom Community Wind Project outreach engaged Lowell residents in neighborhood meetings and door-to-door conversations and resulted in a community vote of support by a wide margin at Town Meeting Day.

 

Our experience conducting public information meetings, and developing, presenting and disseminating outreach materials that provide the public with factual information. Throughout, the goal of VERA’s outreach program is to build informed, local support to advance projects favorably through the regulatory process.

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VERA communicates with local media and editorial boards for accurate messaging. Early on, the VERA team builds strong relationships with local officials and stakeholders to keep them informed of Project developments. Our boots on the ground approach to community organizing allows us to build local support to encourage sharing Project information with their friends, relatives and neighbors.​

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