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Epping Workforce Housing · Case study

Epping Workforce Housing: building local support for new homes

Role
Ran the whole outreach program
Deliverables
Social media, email, ads, public presentations, a door-to-door handout and an op-ed
Result
0 to 1,000+ Instagram followers in year one
Epping Workforce Housing, Social, email & outreach
The challenge

A workforce housing development in Epping, New Hampshire needed local support before it could move forward, in the middle of a heated local debate.

The idea

Meet a heated debate with patience and sources. Ads that started conversations instead of arguments, from the coffee line to the feed.

Community solutions are powered by conversation (ad)
The system

From there: a weekly myth-versus-fact series, explainers on zoning and the state’s workforce housing law, posts that turned supporters out to public meetings, print for the doors and an op-ed in the Union Leader.

Social graphics

Facts, reframes and reasons to care, built to stop the scroll and start a conversation.

9 posts ·

Print for the doors

The two-sided handout used for door-to-door outreach and public meetings.

Project handoutFront and back · tap to flip

In print

New Hampshire Union LeaderOpinion · Op-ed

NH’s Housing Crisis: a product of vocal NIMBYs and a silent majority

So how do Granite Staters really feel about the housing shortage?

“Our resistance toward diverse forms of housing is not informed by fact, but fear.”

Alexa Carpenter was communications manager for Epping Workforce Housing.

Explainer: the workforce housing law

A carousel that made RSA 674:58-61 readable: what the law is, what it requires of towns and what “reasonable and realistic” means.

6 pieces
Results
0 → 1,000+
Instagram followers in its first year
400+
Email subscribers built from zero
30%
Average email open rate

In my 35 years of real estate practice, my projects never have had such a comprehensive, well planned and executed communications outreach program.

Thomas PrietoVP, Granite Commercial Real Estate
What they said

“Alexa is a team member you can count on, a problem solver, and her charisma and grit is contagious and admirable! Any company or organization would be lucky to have her.”

Jannet DesviraEpping Workforce Housing

“In the world of strategic communication, Alexa stands out for her ability to craft messages that not only inform but also inspire action. She is truly a critical asset to any team.”

Julia BateEpping Workforce Housing
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