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Permitting Strategy Session

Ninety minutes on your permitting path: which agencies, what order, what it costs, and where projects like yours usually stall.

$150 first 90-min session · $250 per follow-up session

A working session on the permitting path for your specific site and operation. We map which agencies you are dealing with, what order they come in, what each step realistically costs in money and months, and the places projects like yours tend to stall.

You leave with a written path, not a pile of links. Bring whatever you have: a site, a lease, a sketch, or just a stretch of water you are looking at.

I am not an attorney and this is not legal advice. It is operating experience with the process.

Final scope and price set after a short discovery conversation. No surprises, no hidden retainers.

Driftline rate — built into checkout

I keep a permanent sliding scale on every service for low-income founders, disabled-led businesses, mutual-aid groups, and BIPOC/Indigenous/queer/trans-led work — typically 40–60% off the listed range, sometimes more. No proof required and nothing to apply for: if this service takes a deposit, the reduced Driftline amounts appear as selectable options at checkout. For full project scope, mention it in your message and we'll land somewhere fair.

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