Supporting Smart Organizations
Project management (including integrating AI), strategic communications, and grant expertise—built for Canadian municipalities.
Smart Towns helps councils, CAOs, and municipal teams deliver complex projects with greater clarity, stronger community trust, and better funding outcomes.
Helping Municipalities Move Forward with Confidence
Municipal governments face increasing pressure—more projects, higher expectations, limited staff capacity, and intense public scrutiny.
Smart Towns combines municipal experience, practical AI tools, and clear governance thinking to help communities deliver results without adding unnecessary complexity.
Municipal Project Management
Deliver projects on time, on budget, and council-ready.
We use AI as a practical support tool to help municipal teams plan, track, and report on complex projects.
- Project planning and scheduling
- Risk identification and mitigation support
- Cross-department coordination
- Clear, council-ready reporting
Strategic Communications & Social Media
Clear communication builds trust—and saves staff time.
We manage municipal communications with a focus on transparency, consistency, and public accountability.
- Managed municipal social media
- Council and executive messaging
- AI-assisted content planning
- Crisis and issue communications
Grant Strategy and Writing
Win more grants without burning out your team.
Smart Towns supports municipalities at every stage of the grant process.
- Grant readiness assessments
- Funding opportunity prioritization
- Professional grant writing
- Post-award reporting support
AI in Municipalities
You may be wondering where AI fits into your municipality or organization. The prevailing sentiment is that if you don't adopt AI now, you will be left behind. Try the new Alberta MGA Assistant An MNP survey of 282 municipal leaders in March 2025 indicated that 23%...
Are Solar Farms for Municipalities Worth It?
Do Solar Farms Make Economic Sense for Municipalities?The answer is, under the right conditions, Yes. A solar farm is designed to produce more energy than it uses at the connection point in the grid. This is different from solar installations used to offset...
UPDATE: Mayor, Council and CAO salaries from 2020
Smart Towns published an article looking at the Mayor, Council and CAO salaries in 2015 for municipalities that had over 10,000 citizens. It had some interesting results. We can all agree that the world is a different place now. The role of Mayor and Council has...