Santa Paula Extends Tripepi Smith Engagement
The City of Santa Paula has extended its engagement with Tripepi Smith through December 2021. The new period will see Tripepi Smith pass the one year mark for assisting the City of Santa Paula with community engagement, press releases and social media management. Tripepi Smith started its engagement in Santa Paul in March 2020.
“Communications are a priority for the City, as we want to be transparent with the public and have particular needs to be communicating during the pandemic. Over the last ten months, we have been providing consistent information to the public via our website and social media channels, and I have received positive feedback from the community about our efforts,” noted Dan Singer, City Manager. “Tripepi Smith has been an excellent partner with the City, and the value of their engagement is clear to our team. As a result, we are extending the arrangement so we can sustain our outreach efforts and meet the needs of our community.”
Tripepi Smith’s scope of work includes two articles a month, a bi-weekly strategic planning call, two social media posts a week, monitoring of the City’s social media channels and a quarterly communications metrics report. The engagement is led by Senior Business Analyst Emily Mason with assistance from Junior Business Analyst Clare Burgess. Principal Ryder Todd Smith joins as needed on strategic matters.
“Working with Dan and the rest of the City of Santa Paula team has been fun and thoughtful. There are several positive trends happening in the city – despite the pandemic – that gives Tripepi Smith plenty of material to work with to share with the public and seek their engagement,” commented Emily. “This past year I was most impressed by the spirit of community volunteerism. Following a posting about a city hall and park clean up day hundreds of people showed up to make an impact, and the story was carried by regional news publications. It was inspiring to see so many community members coming out to clean up their parks and bike paths, paint city hall and refresh the downtown area.”
About the City of Santa Paula
The City of Santa Paula, known as the Citrus Capital of the World, is a growing city with over 29,000 residents located in the heart of Southern California’s Ventura County. Although it is a short drive from large cities like Ventura and Oxnard, it maintains a tight-knit community through neighborhood programs.
About Tripepi Smith
Tripepi Smith is a California-based marketing, technology and public affairs firm that serves for-profit, nonprofit and public agencies. Its unique mix of marketing and technology prowess provides a competitive advantage to agencies seeking to leverage the internet to achieve their communication goals. The firm provides full content creation services, including: ghost writing, collateral development, photography, video production, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, email marketing campaigns and website design and execution. Tripepi Smith clients include: City of American Canyon, City of Culver City, City of Cupertino, City of Daly City, City of Duarte, City of El Cerrito, City of Indian Wells, City of La Cañada Flintridge, City of Lakeport, City of Lake Forest, City of Napa, City of Paramount, City of Santa Cruz, City of Tracy, City of Vallejo, Cal Choice Energy Authority, California Joint Powers Insurance Authority, Inland Empire Utilities Agency, Rowland Water District, California Contract Cities Association, California City Management Foundation, Institute for Local Government, League of California Cities, Renne Public Law Group, Bob Hall & Associates and Climatec Energy Services.