When taking on the task of a complex project involving multiple stakeholders, a client has a myriad of issues and concerns to consider.

Minimal revenue sources, private sanitary systems, a potentially polluted riverbed, and two governmental entities in one community had all the makings to put the brakes on an important project that could protect the environment and provide a vital service to the citizens. Despite the challenges, the community banded together to forge a unique partnership that leveraged new funding sources to build new community systems to provide drinking water and to treat wastewater, scheduled for completion this summer.

While a new Administration takes on the issues that plague America today (with the economy topping the list), many local and state governments are tackling these same issues, but on a local front. Whether preparing for future funding or seeking innovative ways to conserve, generate, or apply money, local leaders are taking steps to respond to the economy, energy and environment, homeland security, and education concerns through innovative means and methods. 

The number of children walking or biking to school continues to drop and has reached a 30-year all-time low, according to the Federal Highway Administration. One of the main reasons for the decline is safety, specifically traffic danger.