Services
Development Law
Our knowledge of local, state and federal development incentives allows us to represent a wide range of client’s real estate interests.
Lisa M. Garney has represented clients in development projects that involved the use of Tax Increment Financing, Chapter 100 Bonds, Chapter 353 Tax Abatement, Historic and Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Transportation Development Districts, Community Improvement Districts, and Neighborhood Improvement Districts. Client representation experience addresses all aspects of a development project, including but not limited to the following:
- Creating Public Finance Packages / Applications
- Familiarity with Local and National Experienced Professionals and Assembling Top Notch Development Teams
- Drafting and / or Reviewing Municipal Legislation
- Working with Developers and Municipalities to Create Public / Private Partnerships
- Familiarity with the Public Stakeholders
- Experience Presenting Before Public Bodies as well as Neighborhood Associations
- Property Acquisition
- Condemnation Issues
- Zoning Issues Including BZA
- Securing Permits
- Property Procurement, Sale and Leasing
- Construction Management and Project Administration
Affirmative Action Compliance
We believe in the fundamental aspects of affirmative action programs which include
program development, education, and offering minorities and women opportunities
to promote their trades and participate in as many projects as possible while
growing net worth.
Lisa M. Garney has helped many clients understand and comply with municipal, state, and federal affirmative action requirements. Noncompliance with affirmative action goals can often result in substantial damages assessed against projects and therefore is a critical step to successful project completion.
LMG PS affirmative action compliance experience includes, but is not limited to the following:
- Developing Affirmative Action Policies for Public and
Private Entities - Affirmative Action Policy Implementation and
Enforcement - Creating and Filing Contractor Utilization Plans
- With a Legal Background, Drafting Appropriate Contract
Addendums for Inclusion in AIA Contracts Utilized by GCs, Owners and
Subcontractors - Knowing the Public Stakeholders and Respecting Input
- Creating and Filing Monthly Compliance Reports
- Minority / Women Contractor Outreach
- Reviewing Project Professional and Construction Budgets
with an Eye Toward Maximizing M/WBE Participation Opportunities within Project
Scopes - Understanding and Respecting a Client’s Budget
- Drafting Invitations to Bid, Requests for Proposals
(RFP), and Requests for Qualifications (RFQ) - Drafting Public Announcement for Placement in Media and
Municipal Circulation - Prevailing Wage, Certified Payroll and Retention of
Minority and Female Workforce, and As Necessary, Filing Modification or
Substitution Documents
Lisa M. Garney also has experience assisting minority and women owned businesses in earning local and federal certifications as an MBE, WBE, DBE, HUBZone, or 8A.
Staffing
LMG’s staffing arm is called SKY Services. At SKY Services, we have made it our mission to help with project management, human resources and placing people in fulfilling jobs where they can put their skills to use and thrive. We recruit high-performing professionals for contract, contract-to-hire and direct placements. Our people are everything. When you choose to work with SKY Services, your success is important to us. By listening to our contract employees’ needs, we have gained a unique perspective into how we can help.
- Job Description Development
- Job Announcement Development
- Job Posting
- Resume Review
- Applicant Pre-Screening
- Applicant Reference Check
- Offer Negotiation and Offer Letter
- Applicant Background Check/Drug Testing
- Confidentiality Agreement
Other Services
Real Estate Transactions
LMG PS represents clients in virtually all types of real estate transactions, including negotiating and drafting all necessary contracts for the sale or purchase of real estate, securing title insurance, preparing tax deferred 1031 exchanges, and representation of landlords and tenants. Miss Garney is a certified real estate broker.
Human Resources
LMG PS will take the burden of Human Resources and allow you to concentrate on running a successful business. Specifically, we provide Section III and Full Employment Council Coordination.
Payroll Administration Services
- Review, inputting, and auditing of payroll data
- W-2’s
- Wage Garnishments
- Direct Deposit
- Tax Filing
Employment Management
- Employee Handbook Development
- New Hire Orientation
- New Hire Packet
- Termination Packet
- Worksite Investigations
- Unemployment Claims
- Leadership Training and Development
- Employment Terminations
- Performance Evaluations
Public Relations
LMG Services will work with you to ensure both your employees and the public at large understand the value of your company. We can provide: news releases, speech writing, media relations, crisis management, internal communications, event management and sponsorships, complete trade show management, receptions and open houses, investor relations, and seminars.
Public, Community and Municipal Relations: LMG PS delivers successful communications campaigns for its clients. Several years of federal and state policy experience, ballot initiatives, political campaigns, municipal campaigns, public / private partnership implementation and creation and delivery of succinct messages make the difference. LMG PS provides a range of public relations services, including strategic counsel, effective message delivery, communications strategy, and public / private partnership strategy.
Communication: Building a communications plan and pitching the plan to the community, municipality and media is an important component for many clients. We build communication plans specific to each client’s needs after identifying goals and outcomes that define success. Typically a plan includes interaction with the public and the media and often the opportunity to educate both groups at events hosted specifically to share information such as public outreach meetings. Tools we create and distribute include press releases, media kits, flyers, fact sheets, mailers, door-to-door polling devices, telephone questionnaires and one-on-one interview instruments. There is no substitute for citizen input.
Outreach: Reach your targeted audience with a specifically designed campaign executed block by block. Demographics are the key to understanding who you want to reach and why.
Grassroots Development: Working at the grassroots level is one of the most effective ways to influence lawmakers and ballot initiatives. Involvement in government at the grassroots level is extremely compelling and effective.
Public-Private Partnerships: Capitalizing on opportunities with private companies who partner with non-profits is more important in today’s economy than ever. This may involve public finance strategies such as tax credits, tax abatements, legislative action and other public finance tools.