Consulting Services

We provide consulting to venues, municipalities, grantmakers, and emergency management agencies seeking to leverage arts and event infrastructure to increase emergency readiness. Our bespoke services include workforce development, resilience hub infrastructure design, and safety and resilience audits and strategy design. We also offer program and priority design services for funders and policymakers integrating preparedness requirements into their frameworks.

We’ve earned recognition from FEMA for our work around the country spanning both urban and rural communities and including bilingual and Spanish-first programs. All of our services are tailored to your organization’s priorities and local context.

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Workforce development & training

Custom workshops, certifications, and micro-credentials that professionalize arts, culture, and event workers while building community capacity in safety, sustainability, accessibility, and emergency operations.

Our services include:

  • Tailored curriculum development for specific organizational or community needs
  • In-person workshops, online courses, and on-demand learning modules
  • Micro-certifications in specialized topics (solar power systems, extreme weather planning, harm reduction, accessible event design, waste management)
  • Cross-sector training bringing together cultural workers and emergency professionals
  • University partnerships and youth programming

Typical clients: Arts organizations, venue operators, universities, municipal agencies, workforce development programs

Resilience hub infrastructure design

Site assessment and planning to position venues and public spaces as dual-purpose infrastructure serving both cultural programming and emergency community needs.

Our services include:

  • Site capability assessments and feasibility studies
  • Infrastructure upgrade recommendations for multi-functional use
  • Program plans for municipal resilience hub networks
  • Model language for permitting requirements, KPIs, and policy integration
  • Preferred vendor identification and procurement strategy

Typical clients: Municipalities planning infrastructure investments; venue operators upgrading facilities; state/regional agencies developing resilience hub programs

Funding & policy framework development

Program design, assessment tools, and policy language for funders and agencies integrating preparedness into existing frameworks.

Our services include:

  • Grant program design and eligibility criteria incorporating resilience requirements
  • Assessment rubrics and evaluation frameworks
  • Model policy language for local/state adoption
  • Strategic planning for preparedness incentive structures
  • Stakeholder engagement processes

Typical clients: Foundations, arts grantmaking organizations, state/federal grantmakers, policy offices, regional arts councils

Venue & event resilience assessments

Operational audits documenting current capabilities, identifying vulnerabilities, and developing improvement plans.

Our services include:

  • Comprehensive site and operational assessments
  • Safety and emergency operations plan development
  • Capability documentation for emergency management integration
  • Vulnerability identification and mitigation recommendations
  • Compliance reviews and gap analysis

Typical clients: Individual venues, event producers, festivals seeking to document and strengthen existing operations

Resilience strategy design

Forward-looking strategy development identifying how organizations can leverage their infrastructure and capabilities for new partnerships, funding streams, and community impact. We also support government agencies in designing systems and incentives that coordinate the potential for ACE sectors to serve their communities as recognized emergency preparedness infrastructure.

Our services include:

  • Strategic roadmaps for emergency management partnerships
  • Grant opportunity identification and proposal development support
  • Partnership frameworks with local emergency services
  • Revenue diversification strategies through resilience services
  • Regional coordination models for ACE sector emergency response networks
  • Government systems design: incentive structures, special events office protocols, cross-agency coordination frameworks

Typical clients: Venues and organizations seeking alternative funding streams; regional arts coalitions; municipal/state agencies.