Partnering with Client Communities: The development of Interim Studies, Dissolution Plans, and Dissolution Implementations requires true collaboration between a community and their chosen consultant. Our philosophy is that our clients are the experts on their community, their vision, and their approach to goal-setting and community change. Our job is to complement that knowledge and local expertise with new ideas, a fresh approach, and many years of experience. We pride ourselves on our ability to guide, not direct the process, while maintaining focus on the desired objectives. This partnership with our client communities ensures that the relationship between quality of life, place-making attributes, and local government services is reflected in the final product.

Impact of Hands-on Design and Implementation Experience: We believe that it is important to partner with a firm that not only regularly develops Interim Studies of Dissolution and Dissolution Implementation plans, but also has experience in the actual implementation of municipal dissolutions. Laberge Group has partnered with a number of communities to implement their village dissolutions. This hands-on experience is invaluable in enabling us to provide real-world insights, improving the accuracy of our probable/conservative transition cost assessments, and honing our focus on implementation. It is also one of the keys to helping our client communities avoid some of the potential pitfalls in navigating both the pre-referendum and implementation phases.