Case Study: Washoe County achieves strategic agility to support Tesla Gigafactory growth with OnStrategy

Preparing a County’s Regional Infrastructure for 50,000 New Jobs in 5 Years

Washoe County faced a dramatic shift from downsizing during an economic downturn to rapidly preparing for massive growth tied to a new $5 billion Tesla Gigafactory. OnStrategy was engaged to provide strategic planning facilitation and stakeholder-insight services to help the county align services, infrastructure and resources while engaging citizens, employees and regional partners.

OnStrategy deployed a survey-based stakeholder methodology (capturing responses from 600+ county employees and hundreds of residents), established an internal planning committee, analyzed regional partner plans, and tied departmental budgets to the strategic plan — achieving 100% alignment across supporting departments. The result for Washoe County was a short, focused and easily digestible strategic plan that strengthened leadership, improved adaptability for growth and eliminated competing priorities.

Washoe County