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A group of charitable organizations came together to create a non-profit homeless shelter in West Chester, PA, but faced objection by local businesses and residents due to fears about public safety. The County subsequently established a mediated process for working through these issues. Over the course of four sessions and many private caucuses, parties reached and amicably formalized agreement about what services the homeless shelter would provide and when.

The proposal by a Montana cement plant to burn hazardous waste raised public health and environmental concerns for nearby neighbors. In response, the Jefferson County Planning Board appointed a committee to draft zoning recommendations that would address the concerns of the community. The 11-member committee worked for six months to develop these recommendations, which were refined and adopted as part of the Jefferson County Vicinity Plan.

During the spring of 1991, residents of the Hyde Park Estates neighborhood noticed the construction of a massive water tank and large-scale water supply lines. Following their concern about the implications of this infrastructure for new development, residents and members from other interested parties formed the Hyde Park Planning Group. This process resulted in an improved development for the Summit Project, a comprehensive neighborhood plan to shape future development and benefits for the existing neighborhood residents.

Landowners proposed a 5 lot residential subdivision on 30 acres in the town of Morrisville, Vermont. The parcel of land was located in a "Rural Residential with Agriculture" zoning district and also included in the overlay zoning district for the Public Community Ground Water Source Protection Area (WSPA). A municipal water department opposed the subdivision because of potential impacts to the groundwater.

Preserving tangible and intangible cultural resources: CBI assists the National Park Service (NPS) and Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS) to work collaboratively with stakeholders in order to integrate community values about place and tradition into decision-making around the preservation of a culturally significant historic district. 

CBI provides highly tailored negotiation training and coaching to three Fortune 500 health care companies, combining training with in-depth application to an upcoming series of negotiations.

CBI and Raab Associates facilitate a stakeholder process to transform the governance of PJM Interconnection, the largest regional transmission organization in the U.S. Beginning with a stakeholder assessment to survey PJM’s member companies about their views on PJM's stakeholder process, CBI and Raab Associates then facilitate two, long-term processes to redesign the members decision-making process.

 

A coalition of federal and state regulatory and land management agencies proposed to assemble a Working Group of public and private stakeholders to negotiate a broad strategy for the protection of two at-risk species. After more than two years of negotiation, the stakeholders reached consensus on a comprehensive approach to protect and preserve the habitat of the Lesser Prairie-chicken and the Sand Dune Lizard on public land in southeastern and east-central New Mexico.