About Us
Our Mission
Our co-op leads groups navigating community challenges to build agreement, increase capacity, and achieve equitable and sustainable solutions.
Our Values
- We give and receive honest feedback
- We make clear our motivations and objectives
- We are transparent about our strengths and weaknesses as individuals, and as a network; we know what we can and can not do
- We collaborate on work that will have a positive impact on the community
- We leverage or create systems to collaborate
- We collaborate on projects, sharing any potential conflicts of interest
- We operate in the spirit of abundance versus the fear of scarcity
- We consider who has an interest and actively include them
- We meaningfully engage stakeholders, particularly those who have traditionally been excluded
- We amplify marginalized voices in our work, and do our best to lower barriers for their participation
- We regularly reflect on and improve our equity practices
- We have honest conversations about how time and resources are often at odds with an inclusive process, and consider those tradeoffs when designing projects
- We all have the opportunity to learn and share with each other
- We build mutually-beneficial mentoring relationships across skills and experience
- We enhance the quality of the services provided to clients and the community
- We have a reputation for making a positive impact on the communities we serve
- We build capacity in communities to address the challenges they face
- We hold ourselves accountable to the outcomes we say we will help achieve
- We do what we say we will do
- We commit to producing our best work for the group independently and together
- We are quick to ask questions and clarify misunderstandings
- We value diverse perspectives and work to ensure every voice is heard
- We foster an environment where everyone feels respected and empowered
- We continually learn and improve to better support inclusivity
Cooperative Board Members
Cooperative Members
"The whole Civic Consulting Collaborative team are the dream team for facilitation! They helped a huge task force navigate an extremely contentious issue, and got the group to 100% consensus on all of the recommendations."
Jolon Clark
Former President of Denver City Council
"During more than three decades of conservation work, I’ve not participated in an effort more inclusive, interactive, strategic or inspiring. The Roadmap Summit has literally ushered in a new era of collaborative conservation."
Grasslands Roadmap Summit Participant
"Working with Civic Consulting Collaborative team members makes planning and implementing our ideas a reality. They have multi-dimensional expertise, compassion and innovative ideas, and are a pleasure to work with."
Christine "Chris" Meyer, MA
COACT Project Director