Helping communities do cool stuff with their cool stuff.

Parks, historic places, trails, and more…

We provide public outreach, stakeholder engagement, and partnership development consulting for conservation, recreation, heritage, and community projects. We help organizations build support, strengthen relationships, and advance initiatives that bring people together to protect the places they care about and to ensure they’re used and loved in ways that benefit the whole community.

Strategic Communications Planning

Developing comprehensive communications strategies that advance organizational goals, policy initiatives, and public engagement objectives.

Issue Advocacy and Public Policy Communications

Translating complex policy, planning, and conservation issues into compelling narratives that inform decision-makers and the public.

Heritage, Conservation, and Place-Based Initiatives

Helping organizations communicate the value of parks, trails, historic places, conservation projects, and community assets.

Internal, Stakeholder, and Partner Engagement

Building collaborative communications approaches that align government agencies, nonprofits, elected officials, community organizations, and private-sector partners.

Elizabeth Paradis Stern | Principal

Beth is a strategic communications and public affairs professional with more than 20 years of experience helping organizations build support, engage stakeholders, and advance complex initiatives. She most recently served as a Strategic Communications Advisor for the National Park Service, planning strategic communications and partner engagement for national campaigns, major commemorations, and service-wide initiatives.

Before joining the NPS Washington DC office, Beth held leadership roles in Virginia at national parks and heritage areas. Her experience spans strategic communications, public affairs, partnership development, government relations, and community engagement, with a particular focus on bringing diverse interests together around shared goals and meaningful public outcomes.

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