Contra Costa County Public Works Department

Craig Communications has been retained for three years to design and create a communications program to involve the local community in the Buchanan Field Airport master planning process and educate the larger community of Contra Costa County about the master plan. Tasks include:

• Organize and facilitation of a quarterly steering committee with 60 members, a 20 member technical committee and quarterly public meetings
• Creation of presentation materials for all steering committee and public meetings
• Creation and distribution of quarterly project postcards
• Creation, production and distribution of a quarterly general newsletter
• Set-up and maintenance of an interactive website
• Organization of a speakers bureau to provide information about the master plan to community organizations;
• Briefings of local elected officials and business associations
• Organization and execution of project workshops, open houses and site tours
• Creation of hand-outs for distribution at public events
• Preparation of a short video explaining the master plan process for distribution to local cable channels and business organizations
• Maintain positive press relations and issue regular press releases.