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Saint Model Outcomes – actions speak louder than words in land use politics
By Paul Mindus, Director, UK Business Development, The Saint Consulting Group Earlier this year The Saint Report began publishing case studies called Saint Model Outcomes to give some examples of our experience from 25 years in land use politics. Actions speak louder than words, and to win land use battles political campaign strategies and tactics gain far more leverage than traditional PR ...
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Saint Model Outcomes – help developers find and rally latent support
By Nick Keable Vice President, UK Operations, The Saint Consulting Group So often developers find themselves drowned out at public hearings by opponents who object to wind farms blotting a landscape, trucks raising dust and traffic dangers and many other reasons why some people oppose development. Take wind farms, for example. The Saint Index has established public support ...
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Saint Model Outcome – local group is key to winning support for theme park
By Jay Vincent Regional Vice President - Midwest, The Saint Consulting Group Today's Saint Model Outcome is a case study on developing a theme park. Our client wanted to construct a 275-acre, $175 million educational theme park on a site previously used as farmland.  The project required Planned Unit Development (PUD) approval by the County Commission. The developer ...
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Saint Model Outcome – video, local outreach win town board vote on retail move
By Saint Consulting Staff, The Saint Consulting Group Continuing our series of case studies to illustrate the politics of planning, this Saint Model Outcome looks at overcoming local opposition to a retail project. Our client wanted to close an existing 35,000-SF store and construct a new 50,000-SF store a half a mile away. The proposed project required the ...
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Saint Model Outcome – politics of planning wins referendum to protect development
By Jay Vincent, Regional Vice President - Midwest, The Saint Consulting Group In our continuing series of Saint Model Outcomes, this case study looks at retail redevelopment and campaigning against an opposition referendum. Our client filed plans to build a retail complex with a 65,000-SF anchor, along with various retail out-parcels of 20,000-SF. The site slated for this ...
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Saint Model Outcome – coal-fired power plant must respond to local concerns
By Ben Kelahan Senior Vice President for Energy, The Saint Consulting Group Our third look this week at Saint Model Outcomes from our experience in land use politics focuses on the proposed expansion of an existing hybrid (coal-fired and waste-to-energy) power plant. The expansion included modifying the facility’s fuel blend to burn more waste, including tires, and ...
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Saint Model Outcome: counter opposition to urban renewal, find your own support
By Jay Vincent, Regional Vice President- Midwest, The Saint Consulting Group In the second in a series of case studies, this Saint Model Outcome looks at urban redevelopment. For five years our client tried to secure approval to redevelop an entire city block of retail and commercial office space. Community leaders had initially favored the redevelopment and expansion, ...
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Saint Model Outcome — a wind farm case study on how to build community support
By Ben Kelahan Senior Vice President, Energy, The Saint Consulting Group Actions speak louder than words. We talk about how Saint Consulting employs land use politics to win difficult planning permits. We thought some examples of case studies from our 25 years of fighting planning battles could provide some action. Today we start a series of Saint Model ...
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