B&W Projects
Hillsboro Water Department Strategic Plan
BARNEY & WORTH SERVICES FOR THIS PROJECT OUR CLIENT: Hillsboro Water Department Strategic Plans OUR WORK: Barney & Worth worked with the City’s Communications and Water Departments’ leadership teams to create a 3-year Strategic Communications Plan. The plan functions as an addendum/extension to the recently completed Citywide Communications Plan. It identifies three values, described…
Read MoreMedford Water Strategic Plan
BARNEY & WORTH SERVICES FOR THIS PROJECT OUR CLIENT: MEDFORD WATER COMMISSION OUR WORK: Barney & Worth led the strategic planning workshop in 2019 for the Medford Water Commission (MWC) Commissioners, conducting a pre-workshop survey, reviewing MWC’s mission and values, and prioritizing strategic initiatives into an implementable plan. Results were summarized in the utility’s…
Read MoreKeep Salem Moving General Obligation Bond
BARNEY & WORTH SERVICES FOR THIS PROJECT OUR CLIENT: City of Salem OUR WORK: Barney & Worth led public opinion research, outreach and multi-faceted education program to engage the Salem, Oregon community in determining critical transportation funding needs and possible solutions. B&W also supported the communications efforts for the resulting transportation bond measure 24-248, approved…
Read MoreOak Lodge Water & Sewer District Consolidation
BARNEY & WORTH SERVICES FOR THIS PROJECT OUR CLIENT: Oak Lodge Water & Sewer District Consolidation OUR WORK: Oak Lodge Water District and Oak Lodge Sanitary District are two independent utilities serving 30,000 residents in a suburb of Portland, Oregon. The two districts have parallel missions, their service areas coincide and their headquarters are…
Read MoreOregon City Water Rates Study & Charter Agreement
BARNEY & WORTH SERVICES FOR THIS PROJECT OUR CLIENT: Oregon City OUR WORK: In May 1996, Oregon City voters approved a City Charter amendment that rolled back water rates to 1994 levels. The roll-back was set to take effect in 2014, threatening the City’s ability to provide adequate drinking water service to the community.…
Read MoreFranzen Reservoir Rehabilitation
BARNEY & WORTH SERVICES FOR THIS PROJECT OUR CLIENT: City of Salem OUR WORK: Franzen Reservoir is the City of Salem’s most important reservoir. To make vital improvements, the city needed to shut down the 100 million gallon reservoir for two summers. This required all customers to dramatically curb their water usage. To get…
Read MoreColumbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant
BARNEY & WORTH SERVICES FOR THIS PROJECT OUR CLIENT: Portland Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) OUR WORK: The Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant (CBWTP) is part of a collection and treatment system that serves over 600,000 residential and commercial customers. The Master Plans outline all capital improvement projects at the plant for a ten-year period.…
Read MorePortland Timbers Providence Park
BARNEY & WORTH SERVICES FOR THIS PROJECT OUR CLIENT: Portland Timbers/Thorns OUR WORK: When the Portland Timbers expanded their seating capacity by 4,000 seats to meet high ticket demand, the organization worked to ensure the expansion was a positive experience for both fans and the surrounding neighborhoods. As part of this process, the Providence Park…
Read MoreCity of Tigard Water Rates
BARNEY & WORTH SERVICES FOR THIS PROJECT OUR CLIENT: City of Tigard OUR WORK: The City of Tigard’s water utility needed to pay for a new water supply source and restructure its water rates to better reflect the true proportion of fixed costs. This resulted in a rate increase for residential customers of 34%,…
Read MoreEugene Water & Electric Water Reliability Initiative
BARNEY & WORTH SERVICES FOR THIS PROJECT OUR CLIENT: Eugene Water & Electric Bureau (EWEB) OUR WORK: When EWEB moved ahead to develop a secondary water supply for Eugene and surrounding communities, it faced several significant communications challenges. Customers, already under financial pressure, were confronted with possibly paying full price for system improvements. Great…
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