Grass Roots Zoning

January 13, 2006

A SUCCESSFUL ZONING EFFORT requires a vast knowledge of the industry, an effective presentation, and the skill to deliver it.

SkyLink Networks believes education and honesty are the best tools in the fight against the not-in-my-back-yard (NIMBY) mentality. We have spent many years improving our grass roots approach to zoning; a process that has consistently produced results and won praise from clients and zoning officials alike.

We know the zoning timeline can have a huge impact on your build plan and greatly affect your project's cost. That's why we give special attention to the zoning process and the way we manage it.

It is our belief that any successful zoning effort requires anticipation and preemptive diligence. We anticipate any potential opposition when selecting proposed antenna sites. We also prepare for any objection so we are better prepared to neutralize and defuse those objections when they occur.

When necessary, we enlist the support of people who live near existing antenna facilities. Once they may have had objections, too. Often, however, they are willing to tell their neighbors and friends about their positive experience. We also use expert testimony, neighborhood meetings, and petition drives to achieve our desired results. In other words, when we step into a meeting room we make sure the deck is stacked in our favor.

Our zoning presentation are unrivaled in the industry. Modular in design, they are easily tailored to suit any situation, in any community, at any time. They provide planning officials with the information they need, but they also anticipate objections before they arise. And when those objections do occur, our agents can immediately provide talking points, reports, newspaper articles, and statistics to blunt any reasonable concern.

Simply put, our grass roots zoning approach is well equipped to overcome the most difficult concerns that face our industry today. ■

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