Facilities Planning |
Brashear Association, Pittsburgh PA
Brean Associates has worked with the Brashear strategic planning team to frame programming and locational decisions. The project included exploration of potential facility locations and program models, identification of appropriate partner agencies and organizations offering complementary community-based services, and development and implementation of activities to demonstrate and document community engagement of key stakeholders.
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Needs Assessment and Stakeholder Engagement |
From late 2013 to mid 2014, Karen and Lilly worked with several partners, including Mayor William Peduto's Office, Allies for Children, the Allegheny County Health Department, and Consumer Health Coalition, to develop priorities, strategies, and a grant application for Healthy Together, an effort to enroll all Pittsburgh children in health insurance by 2015. Brean Associates had two main roles: (1) to help convene and facilitate a series of stakeholder committee meetings, and (2) to synthesize data from a variety of sources (stakeholder interviews, the U.S. Census Bureau, research conducted by a team of CMU information systems graduate students) to craft a narrative that communicated the need and how the proposed strategies would effectively address that need. In Summer 2014, Healthy Together was funded by the National League of Cities.
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Wet Weather Planning and Public Involvement |
ALCOSAN, Pittsburgh, PA
Karen
Brean has been working on wet weather issues with ALCOSAN since 2006. For five years, she worked with several engineering firms on demonstration projects and Basin Facilities Planning teams. From
September 2011 through December, 2012, Karen Brean led a team supporting
ALCOSAN’s public participation efforts around the release of the Draft Wet
Weather Plan. Lillian joined the firm in June of 2012 in the midst of the
release of the Plan. In addition
to convening public meetings and public officials’ briefings throughout the
service area, the team coordinated key advisory groups on
technical and outreach issues, including seven Basin Planning Committees, the
Customer Municipality Advisory Group, and the Regional Stakeholders Group. In addition, the team assisted in
convening media conferences and public officials’ briefings.
During 2012 and 2013, the firm assisted the efforts of the Sewer Regionalization Review Panel. The Panel’s report highlighted the position that collaboration and integration of those involved in wastewater management would result in better water quality. |
Comprehensive Planning |
Ross Township, Ross, PA
Throughout 2014 and early 2015, Brean Associates worked with a team of consultants to prepare Ross Township’s Ten-year Comprehensive Plan. Karen and Lilly worked with a Steering Committee comprised of local officials, municipal staff, and residents. They prepared demographic and other analyses for review by the Steering Committee and by the public. In addition to organizing two interactive community meetings, the planning team identified key focus group opportunities including social, civic, business, and economic development organizations.
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Eastern Corridor Transit Study |
Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA
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