Community Development Consulting
Cayla has worked with over 50 communities in the Pacific Northwest providing training, technical assistance, and facilitating conversations to enhance community and economic vitality efforts. Cayla excels in facilitating conversation with diverse voices, community visioning, and Main Street organizational development. She uses an asset based and interactive approach that engages underrepresented voices to achieve goals together.
Cayla is inspired by people in small towns who are working towards a better future for themselves and the next generations and is passionate about supporting vibrant and resilient communities that foster a sense of belonging for all.
Focus Areas:
Community Visioning
The process of community visioning engages diverse voices to dream, co-create, network, and plan for the future of their community creating more pride and clarity around the direction of the place we call home. Community visioning is a grassroots effort that engages citizens, inspired the community, and provides clarity for elected officials and community leaders to move forward with unity and understanding.
Oregon Communities: Condon OR, Halfway OR, Amity OR, Lafayette OR
Main Street Revitalization
Our Main Streets and Downtown Districts are epicenters for economic prosperity, culture, identity, and belonging. When our communities prosper and feel hopeful about its future, so do we. Many times with changes in economy and industry rural downtowns experience ups and downs and are much more susceptible to the rise and fall of industry. For already established Main Street organization, I can help provide organizational development and strategic planning.. If your community is interested in developing a Main Street organization, I can work with you to build engagement for revitalizing your downtown through the Main Street approach.
Oregon Communities: Cave Junction, Reedsport, Coquille, Bandon, Chiloquin, La Grande, Milton-Freewater
Washington Communities: Stevenson
Stakeholder Engagement
Planning a project where you need to bring partners together to assess the current conditions, address concerns, and develop a plan for action? I can help with facilitating a process that will make your community a better place to live, work, or play. This could include collecting information through interviews or surveys, facilitating one meeting or multiple meetings, supporting partner communications and/or developing a report based on findings.
Oregon Communities: Independence OR, Woodburn OR, Banks OR,
