The Community Gains Model is our framework for helping communities secure real, enforceable benefits from large-scale development.
It answers one essential question:
You cannot negotiate gains if the community isn't aligned.
We help with rapid stakeholder mapping, clarity around desired benefits, transparent resident engagement, and integration of local institutions—schools, businesses, workforce boards, and housing authorities.
A clear, shared, community-authored mandate that guides the negotiation.
Preparation for negotiations grounded in real numbers and economic impact.
Communities cannot negotiate what they cannot quantify.
We provide fiscal impact modeling, analysis of incentives and tax agreements, benchmarking against comparable data center deals nationwide, and projections for power, water, and infrastructure impacts.
This is where community priorities meet enforceable commitments.
We support drafting community benefits terms, structuring agreements that include local hiring and apprenticeship standards, supplier and contractor participation expectations, and dedicated funding for infrastructure, housing, workforce development, and other community needs.
A Community Benefits Agreement that is clear, enforceable, and aligned with community priorities.
A transparent system that ensures commitments become action.
Gains only matter if they are delivered.
We help establish public dashboards, reporting requirements, third-party verification, community oversight mechanisms, enforcement triggers, and annual audits.
The deepest gains come when communities build their own long-term economic power.
We focus on local contractor capacity development, apprenticeships and career on-ramps, investments in infrastructure and affordability, K-12 education partnerships, and integrating community enterprises into supply chains.
Communities build assets, wealth, and participation in the new economy.
The Community Gains Model is designed for anyone seeking to turn large-scale development into long-term community benefit:
Local officials negotiating with developers and tech companies
Indigenous communities hosting infrastructure projects
Nonprofits advocating for community benefits
Organizations focused on job quality and career pathways
Agencies responsible for regional economic growth
Partners seeking frameworks to deliver on community commitments