Small Municipalities can do BIG Things.
Experience Matters
From rural school advocacy and strategic planning to housing, environmental initiatives, major infrastructure projects and Indigenous reconciliation, Marcus Ryan’s municipal career has involved complex challenges with no easy answers.
The goal isn’t to copy Zorra or Oxford County.
You don’t have to think small.
Drawing on more than a decade of municipal experience in Zorra Township and Oxford County, Marcus Ryan helps elected officials, municipal staff and community leaders turn ambitious ideas into practical results.
Training
Speaking, advice, training…
Learn. Lead. Deliver.
Governance
Build stronger councils, better decision-making and productive relationships between elected officials, staff and communities.
Strategic Planning
Create strategic plans that don’t sit on a shelf—but actually guide priorities, budgets and action.
Get Big Things Done
Learn how small municipalities can deliver major projects, build partnerships and navigate complex government systems.
Community & Rural Development
Strengthen the institutions and relationships that make rural communities thrive—from schools and housing to recreation and community facilities.
Advocacy
Develop the strategy, relationships and coalitions needed to make your municipality’s voice heard at Queen’s Park and in Ottawa.
Community Safety & Well-Being
Learn from the Safe and Well Oxford experience to address housing, mental health, affordability, belonging and other factors that shape community well-being.
Indigenous Reconciliation and Local Government
Municipalities also have a role in reconciliation. The story of Percy O’Nabigon, an Anishinaabe man whose remains were eventually returned from Woodstock to his home community at Long Lake #58 First Nation, provides a particularly local case study.
Affordability and Value
Residents expect municipalities to control costs. They also expect roads to be maintained, infrastructure renewed, services delivered and communities prepared for growth.
Endorsements
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Governance, strategy and practical leadership for municipalities ready to get big things done.
Small municipalities face big challenges—and often have fewer people, resources and tools to tackle them.
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