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Testimonials

Dear Michael:

Congratulations on receiving The Vermont Planners Association Outstanding Project of the Year Award for Stowe’s village vibrancy campaign. Your efforts are very much appreciated and have already led to the formation of the Village Vibrancy Committee and some positive action steps towards enhancing our village.

Respectfully,

The Stowe Selectboard
Francis Aumand, III, Chair;
Heidi Scheuermann
Lawrence Lackey
Richard Marron
Norman Williams, III

"The City of Belfast engaged Crane Associates to perform what became known as The Belfast Vibrancy Report. We received eight proposals, interviewed three and chose Crane Associates. We were completely satisfied. Michael Crane and his company did a great job, went more than the extra mile, visited numerous times, performed many interviews that gave him a good overview of Belfast and our situation, created a very helpful document, always communicated professionally, clearly and expertly, and we are left feeling very and completely happy. We would engage them again without hesitation. We fully recommend Michael Crane and Crane Associates."
Mayor Michael D. Hurley
City of Belfast

"Michael developed a set of amazing ("I didn't realize that!") facts about West Brattleboro and then engaged the community in a dynamic planning process. The result was a well-crafted Master Plan for West Brattleboro to guide future development in and around this important Town village. The report's graphics were outstanding."
Jim Mullen, Planning Director
Brattleboro, Vermont

"We have a beautiful waterfront in Windsor,Vt. that is totally neglected and underutilized. Michael gave us a number of exciting ideas that have the potential to transform this resource into one of our Town's most important assets..."
Richard Slusky, President
Windsor Improvement Corporation

"Michael Crane led Shaftsbury through a downtown revitalization process that resulted in a very practical and understandable report. Michael did an exceptionally creative job in getting community feedback. Our survey had a 75% return rate giving the committee full confidence in the report recommendations. The final report was and is very valuable to the Economic Development Committee. We have the statistics and market analysis we need to focus our development efforts appropriately and each recommendation had the steps to implementation outlined so we can make incremental progress without losing sight of the end goal. Working with Michael was both fun and productive."
Cinda Morse
Shaftsbury Selectboard and Chair of the Economic Development Committee

"Dear Michael,
Before the year ended I wanted to write and say thank you for the work Crane Associates provided to the City of South Portland...Crane Associates was incredibly fast and attentive to detail every step of the way. Your unique ability to capture data and get the questions answered quickly and accurately was invaluable to the process. As a result, Crane Associates played a large and important role in the fulfillment of the City's first Consolidated Planning process, ultimately helping the City receive full review and approval with zero comments coming from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The City looks forward to someday working again with Crane Associates"
Jim Gailey
Director of Community Development