About
CBI
Community Builders, Inc. (CBI) is a
Wyoming-based consulting firm, led by Bobbe Fitzhugh and Joe Coyne. We provide consulting services to Wyoming communities,
businesses, and organizations to help them grow. Together, we have more than 50 years of
community, economic and commercial development experience. Fitzhugh and Coyne formed CBI in 2009. Prior to that time, Fitzhugh was the City
Administrator for the City of Douglas – a Wyoming municipality for whom she
worked for 30 years. Coyne had been
serving as the Executive Director of CANDO, the local economic development
agency for the City of Douglas and Converse County, Wyoming.
The mission of CBI
is to deliver top quality consulting, planning, and development services to
strengthen and grow communities.
“Building Communities – One Relationship at a Time” is our motto and we
do this by focusing on the comprehensive and evolving needs of our clients,
start to finish. CBI
is able to do much more than typical consultants – we can help you plan a
project, secure the resources needed to achieve it, and then help get it
done. We provide a broad range of services that drive growth and build
communities, one relationship at a time.
About
CBI Focus Newsletters
Many decision-makers do not always have the
time to collect and analyze current economic and demographic information. Therefore, CBI decided to produce a series of
monthly newsletters to compile the information for them. CBI now distributes a monthly newsletter for
each county in Wyoming, and one for the entire state (24 newsletters total, produced
each month).
There are several key components to the CBI Focus newsletters:
· Each
month, we will provide graphs that include current information on excise tax
distributions, the size of the labor force residing in each county, and the
local unemployment rate (these are the three graphs on the left hand side of
the first page).
· Alternating
quarterly, semi-annually, or annually (depending on the availability of current
data), we will provide 3 more graphs on topics such as building permits,
inflation, employment, housing, income taxes, lodging taxes, median household
income, migration, mineral taxes, population, poverty, property taxes, school
enrollments, and wages.
· On
the second page, we will discuss in more detail one of the topics from the list
above, including a comparison of every county in Wyoming.
· Generally,
we will provide about three years of data with the graphs and analysis, including
the most current information available.
· Our
newsletters are based on publicly available information. The data source notes are posted on our
website.
CBI
Focus
newsletters are supported through advertising and sponsorships, so that they
can be distributed at no cost to anyone who wants the information.
Circulation:
CBI distributes its CBI Focus newsletters to approximately 4,000 email recipients
(about 3,700 are unique; some recipients receive more than one county’s
newsletter). Every newsletter is also available
online at CBI’s website, www.consultCBI.com/newsletters, generating
additional views. Direct email recipients
include: business managers and owners
in every economic sector; Chambers of Commerce; local economic development
organizations; most elected officials (including state and federal legislators;
County Commissioners, Assessors and Treasurers; and Mayors); local government
decision-makers (including state agencies, municipal clerks, treasurers,
administrators, and managers); local schools (including public school superintendents
and community colleges); construction companies, engineers, architects and
other development professionals; and media outlets. Secondary circulation is estimated at more
than 10,000 unique recipients statewide.
Publication
Schedule and Advertisement Deadlines:
CBI
Focus
newsletters are published on the first day of each month. Advertisements must be submitted by the 20th
day of the month prior to the publication date.
Ads that are received after the deadline will be placed at CBI’s
discretion.
Advertising
and Sponsorship packages and rates:
There are two different packages available,
including (1) advertisement space in individual county newsletters; and (2)
statewide sponsorships for every newsletter, described as follows:
Ads (individual counties). CBI will make two advertising packages
available for each county’s newsletter each month. Advertising packages cost $75 per month for
each county’s newsletter, reduced to $50 per month if a 12-month advertising
commitment is made. Advertising packages
include the following:
1.
One
ad space within the body of a county newsletter. There are two ad spaces available to choose from
in each county’s newsletter. Each ad spot includes up to seven (7) square inches in the newsletter.
2.
Each
advertisement may be hyperlinked to a website or email of the Advertiser’s
choice, allowing click-through access.
3.
Ongoing
advertising through online newsletter archive maintained on CBI’s website.
Sponsors (statewide). Additionally, CBI will accept two statewide
sponsorships each month. Statewide
sponsorship packages cost $450 per month and include all 24 editions (23
counties and statewide edition); reduced to $300 per month if a 12-month
sponsorship commitment is made. Statewide
sponsorship packages include:
1.
Credit
for sponsorship (by name) in the body of the email message sent each month to
every recipient statewide.
2.
Sponsor’s
company/organization logo to be embedded into that same email message.
3.
One
ad space within the body of the statewide edition of the newsletter. There are two spaces available to choose from
in the statewide newsletter. Each ad spot includes up to seven (7) square inches in the newsletter.
4.
Advertising
space (up to 16 square inches – configuration negotiable) on the CBI webpage
containing links to the original electronic files for every county’s newsletter
for that month.
5.
Each
logo or ad may be hyperlinked to a website or email of the sponsor’s choice,
allowing click-through access.
6.
Ongoing
credit for sponsorship through online newsletter archive maintained on CBI’s
website.
CBI may revise its Advertising and
Sponsorship rates at any time.
Advertising and Sponsorships that are already under contract will not be
affected by such rate changes until after the end of the contract period.
Advertisement
and Sponsorship specifications:
CBI reserves the right to refuse any
advertising or sponsorship that is not consistent with CBI’s mission. Advertisers and Sponsors are entirely liable
for the content of their advertising and responsible for any claims. Advertising placement is determined by CBI,
unless a position is guaranteed by contract.
CBI will give preference regarding placement to Advertisers and Sponsors
who make a 12-month commitment.
All CBI
Focus newsletters are published in RGB color format, and are
distributed in Adobe Acrobat® PDF file format.
Newsletter advertisements must conform to the
selected space and be submitted in JPEG or TIFF file format. If necessary, file size will be reduced by
CBI to add no more than 50 kilobytes to the CBI newsletter file size.
Sponsorship logos must be no more than one
square inch and be submitted in JPEG or TIFF file format. If necessary, file size will be reduced by
CBI to add no more than 20 kilobytes to the email file size.
Advertisers and Sponsors must identify a link
to a working website and/or email address, if hyperlinks are desired.
Advertisement content may be changed by Advertiser/Sponsor
every month, if desired.
Payment/Cancellation
Policy:
Advertisers and Sponsors are invoiced on the
first day of each month for that month’s newsletter(s). Twelve (12) month advertising commitments are
billed at the beginning of the contract period.
Any cancellations after the 20th day of the prior month
(i.e., the date that advertising artwork is due) will be invoiced as if that
advertisement had run. Payment for advertisements
are due upon receipt of invoice.
No advertisements or sponsorships are
complete until the Advertising/Sponsorship Agreement (Click here for
Agreement) is completed, signed,
delivered, and accepted by CBI. CBI will
give preference to Advertisers and Sponsors who make a 12-month commitment.
