Stage 2 · Announce

The county is the most important party in the process,and the one with the least information.

The developer brings a team and the data. Most counties meet their first data center with neither. The County Brief evens the odds before the first hearing.

Where you are in the project
  1. 01LandSite Favorability screen
  2. 02AnnounceCounty BriefYou are here
  3. 03EntitleEngagement plan and toolkit
  4. 04BuildSentiment Monitoring
  5. 05DeliverCommunity Benefits Reporting

One document, before the first hearing

Who
Commissions and county staff before the first hearing. Developers and utilities before the first meeting with them.
How
What this county has been through, who votes, who can say no, and what was promised here last time. Nine sections, two weeks.
Why
Every line from the public record, so the board can defend the decision.
County Brief: sample deliverable mock-upThe GridSight
DeliverableCounty BriefPublic record dossier, nine sections, two weeks

What is inside

Nine sections. The verdict first, then the evidence.

  1. The verdict
  2. What this county has been through
  3. The decision machinery
  4. Water
  5. Power, rates and who pays
  6. What has been promised here before
  7. Who organizes here
  8. The parcels
  9. Sentiment

Read the Washtenaw County dossier

Next in the process

Once the project is public, the hearings decide it.

Name the county.

Tell us which county and what is on the agenda. We will read the record and send you a scope within two business days.

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