CORE Team Member Spotlight: Liz Kalaijian

CORE Team Member Spotlight: Liz Kalaijian

Project Manager | Capital Strategic Solutions Liz Kalaijian is a Project Manager at Capital Strategic Solutions (CSS), where she supports municipalities with strategic communications, public outreach, and engagement. Her work focuses on helping public-sector teams...
Turning Municipal Language into Resident-Ready Information 

Turning Municipal Language into Resident-Ready Information 

Municipalities regularly communicate about topics that are technical by nature, including budgets, tax limits, ballot questions such as Proposition 2½, fee changes, grant funding, and capital planning. When residents struggle to understand these materials, the issue...
Astro-Strategic Solutions Weekly Municipal Horoscope – January 5-11 

Astro-Strategic Solutions Weekly Municipal Horoscope – January 5-11 

Welcome to this week’s Astro-Strategic Solutions Weekly Municipal Horoscope — officially marking the return of full inboxes, standing meetings, and people saying “circling back” with confidence.  The new year is here, calendars are filling up fast, and municipal teams...
Water Accessibility Starts with Informed Communities 

Water Accessibility Starts with Informed Communities 

Water is often taken for granted—until planned upgrades and advancements run into system capacity limits and projects are put on hold. Even in states where water may appear abundant, access to usable, permitted, and affordable water is not guaranteed. Aging...
CORE Team Member Spotlight: Clara Pereira

CORE Team Member Spotlight: Clara Pereira

Project Manager | Capital Strategic Solutions Clara Pereira is a Project Manager at Capital Strategic Solutions (CSS), where she leads and supports communications, public outreach, and engagement initiatives for municipalities, public agencies, and regional...