Local Government

Providing strategic advice and practical assistance to state and local government.

Cornerstone has extensive experience working with various municipalities. While we recognize that no one entity is alike, we do understand that they face many of the same issues. Cornerstone has worked to successfully secure funding for over 70 projects on behalf local government clients in several appropriations bills and from numerous agencies.


Primary Services Offered

  • Strategic counsel and tactical advice,
  • Intelligence gathering, issue monitoring, and policy analysis,
  • Relationship building and political branding,
  • Design and implementation of government relations and lobbying campaigns to secure measurable legislative and administrative results, and
  • Message and materials development, and
  • Legislative drafting.



    • Selected Clients

  • Kankakee, IL (City of), Kankakee, IL
  • Las Cruces, NM (City of), Las Cruces, NM
  • Moultrie, GA (City of), Moultrie, GA
  • Port of Lake Charles, Lake Charles, LA
  • Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi, Tama, IA
  • Springfield, MO (City of), Springfield, MO
  • Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana, Marksville, LA



    • Selected Successes

    Cornerstone Government Affairs, on behalf of our local government related clients, has assisted in securing:

  • $405,000 for development of exhibits and connected education and outreach programs
  • $1,720,000 for storm water & floodplain feasibility studies
  • $250,500 for Juvenile After School Programs
  • $450,000 for watershed research
  • $810,000 for construction of community facilities
  • $3,276,000 for water and sewer infrastructure improvements
  • $600,000 for STAG grants for water and sewer
  • $23,000,000 increase over the budget for environmental restoration projects
  • $8,500,000 for flood damage reduction and environmental restoration projects
  • $4,780,000 for transportation vehicles and facilities
  • $5,500,000 for highway interchanges and traffic system improvements
  • $750,000 in the Highway bill for streetscape work projects
  • $3,000,000 in new funding for the widening of highways
  • $500,000 for planning and design of intermodal facilities

    • To download a PDF version of our Local Government Overview, please click: Local Government Overview