Figure out where to go—and how to get there.

BYC helps outdoor businesses, nonprofits, public agencies and community partners turn big ideas or complicated problems into practical strategy.

Services include:

• Strategic planning and organizational strategy

• Business and program development

• Outdoor economy and rural economic development

• Research, issue analysis and strategic briefs

• Technical assistance

• Implementation roadmaps

• Executive and leadership support

• Opportunity assessment and feasibility

Bring the right people together to build alignment and move ideas forward.

Services include:

• Stakeholder mapping and outreach

• Roundtables and listening sessions

• Cross-sector coalition building

• Facilitation

• Advisory groups and task forces

• Public-private partnership development

• Industry and community engagement

• Findings, recommendations and follow-up

CASE STUDIES

GROUNDED GROWTH

Connect outdoor assets, talent and place to business and community growth.

Services include:

• Workforce recruitment and retention strategy

• Employer value proposition development

• Career pathways and talent pipelines

• Employer engagement and research

• Workforce workshops and technical assistance

• Outdoor economy strategy

• Place-based talent attraction

• Business ecosystem development

• Community and regional economic development

Bring the right people together to build alignment and move ideas forward.

Services include:

• Strategic messaging and positioning

• Communications strategy

• Content and thought leadership

• Reports, briefs and toolkits

• Media relations and earned media

• Public-awareness campaigns

• Email and digital communications

• Collaborative marketing

• Brand storytelling

• Advocacy communications

Create experiences that build relationships, brands and momentum.

Services include:

• Signature event development

• Conferences and summits

• Industry and stakeholder events

• Brand activations

• Experiential marketing

• Networking programs

• Sponsorship strategy and sales

• Vendor/exhibitor development

• Programming and speaker development

• Production, logistics and on-site execution

• Measurement and post-event reporting

CASE STUDIES:

Graniteer Festival, Wild Corn Backcountry Shindig, Mt. Washington Backcountry Ski Festival, Granite Backcountry Film Festival, Trade shows, Rock City, and more.

Add experienced leadership and execution capacity when you need it.

Services include:

• Outsourced program leadership

• Project and portfolio management

• Association and initiative management

• Contractor/team coordination

• Workplans, budgets and deliverables

• Membership and partnership programs

• Grant implementation and reporting

• Metrics and outcome tracking

• Interim or fractional leadership

• Operations systems and workflow development