California Coastal Conservancy Strategic Plan

Outreach and Engagement

Calm Waters Group led the outreach and engagement process for the California Coastal Conservancy. The also informed the Conservancy’s grantmaking efforts to allocate significant funding ( >$500M) over the next five years to address the State’s coastal resilience needs. During 33 focus groups and workshops over 900 organizations were engaged, including tribal NGOs, equity-focused NGOs and community based organizations. The goal was to reach communities not typically reached and to understand their goals and needs related to Coastal Resilience. Additional engagement tools included an online survey and project mapping tool.