Laurence Christian gets quite animated talking about Altoona, PA. As Strategic Solutions’ Government Administrative Specialist, Christian has been working with the City of Altoona on a comprehensive realignment and transition project since last year.  “Altoona has seized a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to completely reshape how its city government operates. I’ve never seen another municipality so determined to empower its manager and

A future Starbucks on Route 18 will not only be the first Starbucks in Neshannock Township, but also the first building to be developed in the township’s new Route 18 Overlay District. As a priority in the township’s comprehensive plan, the overlay district was created to inject contemporary urban design practices into Neshannock’s main commercial corridor. As a tool planners

Expectations for Sam Sanders were high when he became Charlottesville’s city manager in August 2023. As the seventh person to hold the position since 2018, there was widespread optimism that he would bring much-needed stability to city government. At a press conference held to announce his new role, Sanders highlighted an important accomplishment of his prior role as deputy city

Code enforcement is foundational to well-functioning local governments, but many municipalities lack the resources to enforce codes and ordinances effectively. It’s foundational to Strategic Solutions, too. As a company that provides the capacity and know-how to support communities’ code enforcement efforts, we know that a shortage of trained code enforcement officials in Western PA contributes to this dilemma. Following is

Strategic Solutions, LLC was a one-person operation when it took on a small borough in Southwest Pennsylvania as its first client in 2009. That person, of course, was John Trant, who has grown the company to eight staff and more than 60 clients throughout Pennsylvania and beyond. Strategic Solutions is no longer an I but a we, and we are thrilled to celebrate