Public affairs is what happens when the regulatory process, the political environment, and the community all have standing in your project's outcome — and you need a strategy that accounts for all three at once. It is not government relations. It is not community outreach. It is the integrated discipline that connects those functions to a single strategic objective.
We develop public affairs programs for clients who are building something consequential — a reservoir, a pipeline, a remediation program, a rate case — and who need the communications strategy to match the complexity of the project. That means issue analysis, message architecture, stakeholder mapping, media strategy, and the kind of sustained execution that keeps a program coherent across years, not just months.
Strategy without execution is a document. We write the plan and run the program — managing the stakeholder relationships, the media relationships, and the community relationships that determine whether a project succeeds or stalls.
Our public affairs work spans water infrastructure, energy, environmental remediation, corporate positioning, and ballot measures. The common thread is complexity — projects where the communications challenge is as consequential as the technical one.
Representative Work
Three projects that show the range.
Colorado Springs Utilities
Southern Delivery System
Multi-year public affairs program spanning permitting, land acquisition, rate case communications, and construction. Completed on time to the exact day projected and $160 million under budget.
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Utah Division of Water Resources
Lake Powell Pipeline
Developed and executed a sustained public affairs program in a politically charged environment — translating complex federal permitting and water policy into communications that built genuine understanding and support.
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Newmont
Corporate Sustainability & Community Affairs
Long-term public affairs support for one of the world's largest gold mining companies — managing community relations, environmental communications, and stakeholder engagement across multiple operating regions.
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