This expertise allows Erie Canal Consulting to offer the following services:
- Canal Advocacy: The Erie Canal is a big deal! We need to keep that that in mind when allocating resources for projects, marketing, restoration, revitalization, and interpretation. Think big and in a manner commensurate with Erie’s immense fame, beauty, history, and economic status. If it ever went away nothing could replace it of equal value. Advocacy helps ensure its continued success and existence for future generations.
- Community History, Interpretation, and Downtown Revitalization: Historical Context and Interpretation for Canal Related and Revitalization, Regeneration, and Restoration Projects – in assisting communities with their plans and concepts nothing will be overlooked while simultaneously respecting the history.
- Community Project Feasibility: Assistance with Program Development and Evaluation – Ideas and Concepts – a wealth of ideas that can be applicable locally. A cautious approach is needed concerning direct transfer of ideas from Europe, because these must pass through a cross-Atlantic, cultural, prism or filter and what comes out the other side must fit, or effectively challenge, long held American visions and perspectives.
- Consulting Firms: Provide Historical Narrative and Background for New York State Canal Projects – can be very useful to consulting firms in preparing bid documents and/or periodic and final reports. Erie Canal Consulting is a “go to” resource.
- Education: Presentations for School District Faculty Whose Curriculum Includes Erie Canal History – Erie Canal Consulting ensures that teachers will come away with a proper and thorough background in Erie Canal history, boats, people, businesses, and history of technology (STEM) –thereby benefiting themselves, the curriculum and their students. Concepts such as: how the technology came to America, history and evolution of a lock, where does the water come from, 4 Erie Canals and how they came to be, the canal system today, benefits of the canal, and more. Presentations can be tailored to each district’s needs and curriculum.
- Film/Video Producers, Directors, and News Journalists: Erie Canal Consulting is ideally suited to provide recommendations on best New York State and European canal sites and answers to many questions. One-stop shopping! Can save filmmakers and journalists many hours of research and reconnaissance time in the field- can also accompany film crew in the field as needed.
- Tourism Promotion Agencies and Visitors: can provide recommendations for trip planning, canal site selection, and even some restaurants, on and near New York State and some European canals – by boat, auto, bicycle, or foot.
- Top Notch Itineraries and Tours – provide high level, first rate recommendations to tour operators about canal and historic sites, cities, towns, and villages to include in a tour coming to New York State. If needed can accompany the tour in whole or in part.
Erie Canal Consulting can partner with The Canals Group as needed to provide a broader range of services: www.thecanalsgroup.com