Triangle Associates celebrates 33 years of business!

Triangle Associates is a consulting firm of 

professionals committed to helping people 

understand and resolve public policy issues and 

environmental conflicts. For over 30 years, 

Triangle Associates has provided effective 

facilitation, mediation, public involvement, and 

education services for local, regional and national 

clients.

Our work is rooted in the belief that good 

information, genuine dialogue and participatory 

problem-solving, among diverse interests and 

people, are the foundations of a healthy 

democracy and sustainable society. 

Read about Triangle's current projects on our

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About Triangle

Triangle Associates serves both public and private sector clients, offering skilled and creative expertise in 

facilitation, mediation, public involvement and environmental education. Triangle’s mission is to help citizens 

and decision-makers understand and resolve environmental and public policy issues. 

To accomplish this, Triangle professionals: 

Facilitate: serve as a neutral and trusted third party facilitators and mediators,

Involve: design and conduct comprehensive public involvement efforts, and

Educate: create and deliver innovative and effective environmental education programs for 

schools on behalf of city, county and utility district clients. 

We are known for our ability to: 

• Tailor techniques to the needs of each client, 

Help clients, stakeholders and communities tackle and resolve politically charged and scientifically 

sophisticated issues, 

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• Clearly communicate complex and technical concepts to policy makers and the public, and 

• Understand and adapt to budget, resource and schedule considerations. 

Triangle’s extensive record of working effectively with federal, state and local agencies and tribal governments 

includes the first successful environmental mediation case in the United States. As both pioneer and 

pacesetter, our work centers on the Pacific Northwest, but takes us throughout the country. 

Triangle is a certified Woman-Owned Small Business. 

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Facilitation/Mediation

Triangle has a proven track record of successfully facilitating complex and politically charged public policy 

issues. We provide neutral, third party facilitation and conflict resolution services for multi-party groups facing 

controversy, conflict or deadlock. We help clients work with stakeholders and communities to produce 

mutually beneficial solutions and agreements.

Triangle facilitation services include:

Assessments: We research existing 

information, conduct stakeholder interviews, 

and provide recommendations on process 

and products.

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Collaborative Process Design: We work 

with clients to design a process for defining 

and achieving expected decision points, 

objectives or products.

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Common Information Base: We team with 

technical experts, scientists and other 

professionals to establish a common set of 

information and data for constructive 

discussion.

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Development of Action Plans: We help 

develop Endangered Species Act Recovery 

plans, Watershed Management Plans, 

Strategic Agency-wide Plans, 

Neighborhood Plans, etc.

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Meeting Planning: We help to develop and 

define meeting goals and activities.

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Mediation: We design and implement 

mediated processes to resolve multi-party 

conflicts – tailored to the issue at hand and 

the parties involved.

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Organizational Development: We design 

processes tailored to update or revise an 

organization’s internal communications or 

decision-making structures.

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Strategic Guidance: We recommend 

strategies and implement tools for effective 

group discussion, problem-solving, and 

decision-making.

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Triangle facilitation services promote effective communication and decision-making and ensure that meetings, 

retreats, and workshops are productive and efficient. Products include reports and plans that are concise and 

well-written. They clearly communicate scientific, technical and policy statements to a broad array of 

audiences.

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Triangle Associates, Inc 

811 First Avenue, Suite 255 

Seattle, WA 98104 

Phone: (206) 583-0655 

Fax: (206) 382-0669 

E-mail: Click here to email us

Click here for directions to our office.

Triangle Associates is located in the Colman Building, a sixstory brick building positioned on First Avenue between 

Columbia and Marion Streets, in downtown Seattle. Directly 

behind the Colman Building is a small alley called Post Avenue. 

Parking for the Colman Building is in the CPS Parking Garage 

on First Ave in between Columbia St. and Cherry St. There are 

also multiple parking options all around the building. 

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