What we do
C3 provides communications strategy and public engagement support for coastal resilience projects from planning through construction and beyond. We help agencies explain why these projects matter, what they will cost, and how they will change the coastline — in terms that residents, business owners, and elected officials can understand and support.
We have worked on projects ranging from small living shoreline installations to multi-year, multi-million-dollar coastal infrastructure programs.
Core capabilities
- Project communications planning and stakeholder mapping
- Public meeting facilitation and community engagement
- Plain-language project descriptions and FAQs
- Environmental justice communications for frontline communities
- Grant communications and funder reporting support
- Media relations for project milestones and groundbreakings
- Long-term project narrative and progress reporting
Meeting communities where they are
Coastal resilience projects often affect the communities least responsible for the conditions that make them necessary. C3 brings an environmental justice lens to every engagement — ensuring that frontline communities have meaningful access to information and genuine opportunities to shape project outcomes.
We design engagement processes that work for people with limited time, limited English proficiency, and limited trust in government institutions. That means going to where people are, not expecting them to come to a 6pm public meeting at city hall.
C3 is a certified woman-owned, minority-owned firm with deep roots in coastal communities. We bring lived experience to every resilience engagement.