CRL What We Do

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

CRL represents clients on all types of matters and at all levels of government. We provide a wide range of services including:

Representing business interests before elected officials and other government decision-makers
Monitoring and reporting on all relevant government meetings
Conducting research and due diligence on issues of interest
Building and mobilizing stakeholder coalitions
Directing community outreach and forming citizen advisory committees
Lobbying elected and appointed officials

CRL’s public affairs successes are due to our unmatched knowledge of government processes at the local, state and federal level and in our commitment to nurturing long-term relationships with key leaders who can advance our clients’ goals.

CRL’s close relationships with decision-makers are central to implementing our clients’ strategic plans with public policy makers.

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

Cutting through the red tape is key to successfully and profitably completing development and construction projects. CRL’s unparalleled, in-depth knowledge of technical agencies and regulations will assist with:

Creating realistic development timelines
Monitoring code compliance
Requesting variances
Coordinating community outreach
Controlling construction budgets
Reporting changes in city processes that could impact planned developments and construction schedules

Clients confronting extensive local regulations in their pursuit of major development and construction projects benefit from CRL’s experience with:

Community Planning and Development
Parks and Recreation
Public Works
Wastewater Treatment
Denver Water

We assist clients in appropriate due diligence along with expediting zoning, permitting and building processes as well as resolving problems as they arise.

Our development services staff is experienced in:

Opening and vacating streets and alleys
Zoning laws and processes
Building codes
Infrastructure requirements and improvements
Platting
Maintenance and service districts
Design review

POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS

CRL has a winning record of creating and implementing campaigns and successful community relations strategies.

CRL works successfully with diverse local community groups in Colorado, including those representing homeowners, businesses, neighborhoods, service providers and other special interests.

Our successful political campaign efforts include:

2007

Yes on A-I – bond campaign for $60 million to reconstruct Denver’s Boettcher Concert Hall and $50 million to expand and maintain the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
No on 2A – defeated initiative opposing formation of an urban renewal district in Louisville, Colorado

2006

No on 2A (Boulder) – defeated “annexation by vote” initiative
Yes on 2B (Lone Tree) – use tax increase

2005

Base Village Alliance - construction of new base village in Snowmass Village, Colorado
Citizens for Denver Public Schools - mill levy election for a teacher pay system
Keep Thornton Strong - land use/zoning issue
Lakewood - sales tax increase
Commerce City - bond issue
Tourism Pays - increase in Denver’s lodging tax
Keep Washington Rolling - effort to keep gas tax in place

2004

FasTracks Yes! - RTD’s $4.7 billion mass-transit initiative
Citizens for the Future of Commerce City - bond campaign for $56 million for soccer stadium

2003

Citizens for Cherry Creek Schools - bond and mill levy campaign for operations and capital construction
Citizens for Denver Public Schools - bond and mill levy campaign
for operations and capital construction
Citizens for Douglas County Schools - bond and mill levy campaign
for operations and capital construction
Denver Options - mill levy increase for programs to aid the developmentally disabled
Platte Trust Annexation - 1,600 acres of unincorporated land into Milliken, Colorado
YES on 1A - $28 million for road improvements in Douglas County
Pueblo School District - $98.5 million bond issue for new schools

2002

Neighbors for a Better Denver - charter change to move the Planning Department to the cabinet level
Pueblo School District 60 - $99 million bond for repairs and renovations

2001

City of Centennial - mill levy increase for city operations
Academy School District 20 - $163 million bond issue for new schools in El Paso County
Keep Pueblo at Work - citywide half-cent sales tax to attract
employers to Pueblo

2000

No on Amendment 21 - defeated statewide tax-cut initiative
Citizens for Lone Tree’s Future - special election for annexation of
unincorporated property into the City of Lone Tree
Citizens for Douglas County Schools - $178 million for capital construction

MEDIA SUPPORT AND TRAINING

Promoting public awareness to influence key opinion makers and generating public support for their positions is vitally important. CRL delivers expert communications strategies and well-crafted public relations and marketing plans that will get your message across.

CRL clients benefit from our long-standing and close relations with members of the media – newspaper, radio and television reporters and editors.

It’s not just what you say, but how you say it that matters. CRL creates and coaches clients on key message or talking points and provides clear communications training for clients’ spokespeople.

Crises require special communications. CRL can prepare for and head off many potential crisis events with a menu of media tools:

Collateral materials, such as brochures, newsletters and direct mail
News releases
Media advisories
Fact sheets and bios
Opinion articles - letters to the editor or op-eds
Position papers
News conferences and events
Research and testimony
Talking points and speeches
Web sites
Hotlines