Mike
and Tina share over 40 years of private
and public-sector work between them. These “doctors of society” possess
an array of cutting-edge capabilities rarely found in today's community
economic development marketplace. Tapping into their
expertise in such areas as business economy, socio-cultural and
generational marketing, urban and suburban development, and the
aging, Mike and Tina help communities
create and sustain future economic prosperity with
comprehensive solutions for community cohesion and socio-environmental
preparedness.
Numerous
factors have fueled dramatic economic and
demographic changes nationwide. Such
shifts can create both opportunity and distress.
Mike and Tina specialize in helping communities
successfully negotiate these challenges using
innovative methodologies to locate and define
emerging trends, develop programs and policies
to meet the needs of changing communities, and
engineer long-term strategies to maximize
economic growth.
From demographic
analyses and trend forecasting, to strategic
planning and tactical implementation, Mike and
Tina help communities grow and prosper by
optimizing the economic and socio-cultural
variations of a changing world.
Mike
and Tina’s services include:
• Strategic
and Comprehensive Plan Development and
Reassessment/Updating
• Tourism
and Community Image Consulting
• Aging
Population Consulting
• Cultural
Consulting
• Policy
and Program Development
• Implementation
Consulting and Coaching
• Community
Ethnography, Assessments, and Surveys
• SWOTS,
Super-SWOTS, and Community “Check-Ups”
• Trend
Forecasting and Analyses
• Feasibility
Studies
• Marketing
Consulting
• Tactical
Planning/Implementation
• Demographic
Analyses
• Leadership
and Organization-based Trainings and Workshops
• Project
Design and Management – custom services a specialty!
Michael
L. Hirsch, Ph.D.
Mike
spent over nine years as mayor and councilman in Fayette, Missouri
where he oversaw significant economic and community renewal efforts
and was credited with bringing national attention to his community. Under
his tenure Fayette received three state awards for community betterment
and was named third best downtown in Missouri by Rural Missouri magazine.
Mike’s work in
Fayette was fed by a clear understanding of key
demographic changes and economic shifts
including an aging population, an exodus of
young people, a radically diminished
agricultural and industrial base, and
consolidation of medical services.
Working
with community organizations and leaders, Mike secured numerous
federal, state, and local trust grants to assist with Fayette’s
renewal. Partnerships with federal and state agencies and
local businesses and the creation and nurturance of new community
organizations proved vital in revitalizing Fayette.
In
addition to his work in Fayette government,
Mike has served on such boards as Fayette Planning and Zoning and the
Mid-Missouri Solid Waste Management District where he served as treasurer.
Mike
has spoken about economic development and renewal efforts at the
meetings of the American Sociological Association, the Society
for Applied Sociology, the Association
for Applied and Clinical Sociology,
and the Rural Sociological Society. Some of his works on
governance and policy have been published in The Missouri Municipal
Review, Social Insight,
and the International Social Science Review.
Dr.
Hirsch holds a Bachelor degree and a Masters degree in Sociology
from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and a Doctorate degree
in Sociology from the University of Texas, Austin.
Tina
A. Quartaroli, Ph.D.
Tina
began applying her expertise in business,
marketing, and the social sciences to community economic development
and advancement nearly twenty years ago. Her leading-edge research
on national demographic trends first identified a widespread socio-economic
and socio-environmental under-preparedness for current and
future demographic transformations on the
part of many communities more than a decade ago, and her pioneering
work in trend forecasting vis-à-vis aging and development
continues to inform scholarship in the field today.
Tina’s
work in the private sector includes community
and economic and development consulting; marketing consulting; management
consulting and recovery/turnarounds; performance management; organizational
assessment, development, strategic planning,
and tactical implementation; team building; leadership training and
consulting; research design and project management; custom workshop
and training design and facilitation; and public speaking.
Tina
has spoken about socio-cultural and socio-economic community development
and advancement issues at the meetings of the Pacific Sociological
Association, the Association
for Applied and Clinical Sociology, the
Society for Applied Sociology, the International Conference on
Aging and Disability, and the joint conference of the American
Society on Aging and the National Council on Aging. Some
of her works on community development, public policy, and planning
have been published by the University of California, the American
Association on Aging, the National Council on Aging, and the University
of Florida.
Dr.
Quartaroli holds a Bachelor degree in Anthropology from the University
of California, Irvine, a Masters degree in Anthropology from the
University of New Mexico, and a Masters degree and a Doctorate
degree in Social Science from the University of California, Irvine.
The
world is changing fast – don't be left unaware and unprepared!
Contact Mike
and Tina today
to learn how they can help you help your community grow forward
with success.
Mike
and Tina are both available for speaking
engagements. Please
see our SPEAKER’S
BUREAU under
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topics and availability.
