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Sponsors
Charter Communications
A Broadband Connectivity Company
Charter Communications, Inc. is a leading broadband connectivity company and cable operator serving more than 31 million customers in 41 states through its Spectrum brand. Over an advanced communications network, the company offers a full range of state-of-the-art residential and business services including Spectrum Internet®, TV, Mobile and Voice.
For small and medium-sized companies, Spectrum Business® delivers the same suite of broadband products and services coupled with special features and applications to enhance productivity, while for larger businesses and government entities, Spectrum Enterprise provides highly customized, fiber-based solutions. Spectrum Reach® delivers tailored advertising and production for the modern media landscape. The company also distributes award-winning news coverage, sports and high-quality original programming to its customers through Spectrum Networks and Spectrum Originals. More information about Charter can be found at corporate.charter.com.
Contact the following to learn more about Spectrum services:
Residential: 855-243-8892 (www.spectrum.com)
Business: 855-210-7597 (www.business.spectrum.com)
Enterprise: 866-850-5136 (www.enterprise.spectrum.com)
E3
Full-Service Contractor
E3 is the preferred design-build contractor in Texas, providing holistic public facility solutions that reduce energy usage, create safe and comfortable environments, and improve operational efficiency. Offering comprehensive solutions for public entities, our design and installation expertise is in HVAC system replacements, indoor air quality, smart meters and AMI systems retrofits, LED lighting upgrades, building automation systems, energy auditing, water conservation, building envelopes, roofing, retro-commissioning, and performance management services that ensure ongoing efficient operation of safe and comfortable facilities.
As the project engineer and installer, E3 holds the single point of accountability to ensure that the project is installed within budget and on time, and we commit to our clients that there will be no change orders for the agreed-upon scope of work. Moreover, our solution and brand neutrality permit us to utilize methods that best suit the needs of our client, allowing for innovative and customized results. 100% of E3’s clients have been satisfied with the timeframe in which their project was completed. Since the company’s inception, E3 has never had a dispute with a client over the completion schedule of a project. Furthermore, E3 has never been assessed liquidated damages on a single project.
E3’s business structure, forged with our guiding principles, has been at the heart of each of our 275 projects and 350 client consultations spanning over 24 million square feet of upgraded facilities. Projects have included the design and installation of thousands of HVAC systems, thousands of Needlepoint Bipolar Ionizers to improve indoor air quality, over a million LED lighting retrofits, thousands of HVAC smart thermostats, and hundreds of thousands of square feet of roofing. These projects continue to deliver over $10.3 million in annual savings for E3 clients.
E3
2040 Highland Village Rd, Suite 100
Highland Village, TX 75077
Phone: (972) 325-1919
W E B S I T E / T W I T T E R
Grantworks, Inc.
PEOPLE FIRST. PURPOSE-DRIVEN. HEART LED.
ARCIT Founding Organization & Associate Member Since 2001GrantWorks, a servant leadership driven company, is a renowned provider of highly specialized grant administration, program management, and technical consulting services for state, county, and city governments in the areas of infrastructure, housing, community and economic development, broadband, comprehensive planning, disaster recovery, mitigation, and resilience. Founded in 1979, the firm has successfully secured and managed over $9 billion in federal and state grant-funded projects while helping over 450 Texas communities become stronger and more resilient.
Visit www.grantworks.net to learn more.
Kinetic, by Windstream
Planning, housing, and community development services for Texas since 1979
Windstream Communications provide high-speed broadband Internet, phone service and Digital TV packages to residential customers as well as products and services for small, medium and large businesses, government agencies.
Windstream Corporation was formed from the spinoff of Alltel Corporation's landline business and merger with VALOR Communications Group, Inc. Windstream is a leading provider of advanced network communications and technology solutions for consumers, small businesses, enterprise organizations and carrier partners across the U.S. Windstream offers bundled services, including broadband, security solutions, voice and digital TV to consumers. The company also provides data, cloud solutions, unified communications and managed services to business and enterprise clients. The company supplies core transport solutions on a local and long-haul fiber-optic network spanning approximately 125,000 miles.
Gregory Jones | Business Development Manager- Content/OTT
Kinetic Division
M: 703-898-8931
Greg.n.Jones@windstream.com
USG Water Solutions
USG Water Solutions is the #1 infrastructure asset management solution provider in the municipal water industry.
With eleven (11) service centers located throughout the US and over 600 employees; we offer proprietary and value creating solutions in water storage tanks, water quality, distribution pipeline, concrete infrastructure, and metering applications.
Sponsors
Lumen
The Platform for Amazing Things!
Lumen is guided by our belief that humanity is at its best when technology advances the way we live and work. With approximately 450,000 route fiber miles and serving customers in more than 60 countries, we deliver the fastest, most secure platform for applications and data to help businesses, government, and communities deliver amazing experiences. In Texas, Lumen has more than 650,000 connections, more than 25,000 fiber route miles, and nearly 1,000 employees serving customers in communities throughout the state. Learn more about Lumen’s network, edge cloud, security, communication and collaboration solutions and our purpose to further human progress through technology at news.lumen.com, LinkedIn: /lumentechnologies, Twitter: @lumentechco, Facebook: /lumentechnologies, Instagram: @lumentechnologies and YouTube: /lumentechnologies.
Lumen
400 West 15th Street, Suite 315, Austin, TX, 78701
tel: 512-867-1061
www.lumen.com
Public Management, Inc.
A Champion for Texas Towns
Since 1982, Public Management, Inc. has been dedicated to crafting a service that specifically focuses on the quality of life in rural Texas communities. Founded on the principles of community engagement and relationship building,
Public Management assists municipalities with professional planning, management, and financial services.
With offices strategically located throughout the state, Public Management offers Texas communities an innovative staff dedicated to offering industry-leading, client-based service.
www.publicmgt.com
Phone: (281) 592-0439
Schneider Electric
Life is On.
A well implemented energy retro‐fit project will deliver energy savings with upgrades in energy efficient equipment. Creating an integrated approach with cost savings and results for municipalities, counties and school districts.
Let us enable your ultimate vision…
We can help you prepare your community or school for the future with a comprehensive capital recovery and reinvestment program. At Schneider Electric, we do so much more than standard performance contracting . . . we help make your vision a reality.
Schneider Electric
1650 Crosby
Carrollton, TX &5006
P: (866) 786-5700
www.se.com
Traylor & Associates
Serving state and local government since 1974.
TRAYLOR & ASSOCIATES is a firm of governmental consultants and planners serving Texas counties and municipalities. The company has operated continuously since 1974, and is considered the oldest firm of its type in the State of Texas, and one of the largest. TRAYLOR & ASSOCIATES provides two primary services; 1) the preparation of grant applications to agencies of the State and Federal government; and 2) grant management and compliance documentation services. The firms’ core expertise is in three areas; community and economic development, environmental services, and assisted housing. For more information, please call 903-581-0500.TRAYLOR & ASSOCIATES…Always working for your community….ALWAYS.
Traylor & Associates, Inc.
201 Cambridge Rd.
Tyler, Texas 75703
(903) 581-0500
www.grtraylor.com
Sponsors
ARDURRA
All Within Our Name
ARDURRA:
DILIGENT, RESPONSIBLE (Basque)
SUPERIOR (Gaelic)
Ardurra embodies these qualities and its name literally translates into each characteristic — all of which are ideal in a partner. We are a growing assembly of experts, engineers, and design professionals delivering a unique balance of experience and innovation.
We build strong partnerships through our unwavering commitment to deliver quality services and practical solutions that exceed our clients’ expectations, improve our communities, and respect the environment.
Mindi Snyder
Client Services Manager
O: 713.541.3530 | M: 979.541.9215
11750 Katy Freeway, Suite 300, Houston, Texas 77079
msnyder@adurra.com | www.ardurra.com
CP&Y
Partners for a Better Quality of Life
CP&Y is an employee-owned, Texas-based architectural, engineering, and survey firm. With offices scattered throughout Texas, our staff of multi-disciplined professionals are readily available to assist rural communities, towns and cities with navigating current regulations, capital funding, design with cost in mind, and oversight of construction. We have extensive experience with state and federally funded projects and assist clients in procuring grant and/or loan funding. Our clients receive an unmatched level of service, attention to detail, and personal involvement. Among our clients are municipalities, counties, utility districts and water supply corporations. We are your partner for a better quality of life.
P: 254.772.9272
http://www.cpyi.com/contact-us /
Denton Navarro Rocha Bernal & Zech, P.C.
Creativity. Energy. Experience. Value. Professionalism.
Denton Navarro Rocha Bernal & Zech, P.C. was organized in 1990 to establish a public law practice providing local governments, as well as their elected and appointed officials and city staff members, with the highest quality of local government representation at the most effective cost. We are now a 21-attorney law firm with four office locations called upon to serve local governments throughout the State of Texas, including every major metropolitan area in the state. With over 30 years of experience as a Firm and more than 250 years of collective legal experience being held by the lawyers of the Firm, we pride ourselves on our collaborative approach to practicing law and providing legal services.
DENTON NAVARRO ROCHA BERNAL & ZECH, P.C.
2500 W. William Cannon, Suite 609
Austin, Texas 78745-5320
512/279-6431 (office)
tdsantee@rampagelaw.com
www.rampagelaw.com
gWorks
Smarter Government | Stronger Communities | Simpler Solutions
gWorks provides a full suite of technology solutions and services that address the operational needs of small local governments and communities throughout the U.S.
Our easy-to-use and integrated Local Government Operating System, designed specifically for small local governments, delivers full-service operations solutions including GIS, operations and work order management, fund accounting, payroll, utility billing, and citizen engagement functionality.
We succeed when we empower local public leaders to build smarter governments and stronger communities with simple technologies.
3905 South 148th Street, Suite 200
Omaha, NE 68144
P: 888-608-7666
https://www.gworks.com/
Government Capital Corporation
Professionals You Can Trust
Government Capital Corporation (GCC) offers a broad range of public financing solutions to the municipal marketplace and provides financial solutions tailored to our client's specific needs. Unlike many financial institutions who only understand commercial credit, we thrive on understanding the unique nature of the various types of issuers we represent (e.g. cities, counties, schools, hospitals, special districts, etc.) and the various legal borrowing authorities unique to each.
345 Miron Drive
Southlake, Texas 76092
P: 817 - 421-5400
https://www.govcap.com/
Law Offices of William Weisberg
Focused on Government Contracts and Related Areas
Bill Weisberg has practiced government contract law for over 25 years, while leading the Government Contract practice groups at large, international law firms for most of the last 15 years. Bill combines combine deep substantive knowledge, familiarity with the intersection of law and business, and an appreciation for both “textbook” and real world answers, with responsive service. A smaller firm setting makes it possible to deliver the quality expected from a large law firm with maximum efficiency for the client.
http://www.govprocurementlaw.com/
Phone: (703) 738-0552
Republic Services
Sustainability in Action
As a leader in environmental services, Republic Services partners with our customers to provide sustainable solutions, including recycling, solid waste, special waste, hazardous waste, container rental and field services. Through our variety of products, services, and materials – for almost every industry across the country – we’re helping make a positive impact on people, our communities and the planet. From recycling and waste services to bulk pickup or dumpster rentals, we have the right solution to meet your need. For more information, please visit us at RepublicServices.com.
Sponsor Benefits
As an ARCIT sponsor you have access to a range of programs and services:
ARCIT sponsorship is open to anyone with an interest in working with rural communities in Texas. With membership throughout the state, representing counties, municipalities, economic development corporations and utilities – sponsoring ARCIT is an excellent opportunity for you and your business to show your support for Rural Texans.
ARCIT provides numerous opportunities for networking, social media recognition, and one-on-one conversations with fellow sponsors and ARCIT members.
Please take a moment to review the Sponsorship levels below, and choose the level that best fits your needs.