Community Engagement

Carlton Communications has deep roots in the Spokane region, across the state, and around the country, and has decades of experience connecting people and ideas with action.

Previous community engagement activities include:

• Surveying a group of outdoor educational experts to understand the current and future needs of our region to provide outdoor experiential learning for youth

• Moderator/facilitator of focus groups, gather results, and build reporting for the 10-year strategic plan of a local organization

• Provided free Wi-Fi for the Tillamook, Ore., community via the Tillamook library

• Researched, planned, and negotiated the donation of two buildings for the good of the Port Orford, Ore., and Morton, Wash., communities (both great stories!)

Political Engagement

With knowledge, humor, and the insight of experience, Carlton Communications helps organizations navigate municipal, legislative, and congressional offices, including outreach, meetings, follow-up, and everything in between. Whether creating a legislative agenda, testifying at a hearing on a bill, requesting state funds in the budget process, or providing insights during the rule-making processes, Carlton Communications is here to help.

• Served on incoming-Mayor Lisa Brown’s Improving Health and Housing Outcomes transition team

• Member of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), which is the county’s emergency response to the pandemic, and local and statewide Joint Information Centers (JIC), responsible for coordinating messaging, events, and communications across the city, county, and state.

• Worked with the office of U.S. Reps. Heck and Perlmutter on SAFE Banking Act

• Co-founded National Cannabis Banking Coalition