Neilson Strategies Inc. served as an advisor to the City of Burnaby Planning & Development Department in the creation of the Burnaby Housing Authority (BHA), a local government corporation, owned by the City of Burnaby and focused on the development of non-market and market housing.
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Services
Working closely with local governments across British Columbia to address a variety of service, organizational and policy challenges.
SERVICE REVIEWS
We guide local governments choosing to collaborate with one another in addressing points that establish services that are both effective and resilient.LOCAL GOVERNMENT RESTRUCTURE
In response to changing local service needs, questions about governance, changes in local demographics, economic shifts, and other factors, a local government may wish to reconsider its existing legal structure or geographic boundary.STRATEGIC PLANNING & FACILITATION
Neilson Strategies regularly facilitates strategic planning sessions for municipal councils, regional district boards, and other public bodies involved in the provision of local services.ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN
Neilson Strategies works with senior managers to critically assess organizational structures, regulatory and non-regulatory processes, and specific functions or areas of organizational activity.POLICY ANALYSIS
Issues arise regularly in all areas of local government service and policy. Neilson Strategies works with local decision-makers to assess and understand the issues, identify and evaluate optional courses of action, and present recommendations.
Building Resilient, Collaborative Local Governments
We design, strengthen and transform municipal services, bridging policy, people and purpose.
Projects in Profile
Neilson Strategies Inc. worked with the University Neighbourhoods Association, a unique local governing body that provides municipal-like services to the university community at UBC, to create their 2025-2028 Strategic Plan.
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About Neilson Strategies
Neilson Strategies was incorporated in 2002 as Neilson-Welch Consulting Inc. The firm works exclusively with municipalities, regional districts and public bodies involved in the provision of local services.
