About Us

ETC, Inc. is a sustainability-focused communications and public relations firm. We have served the public relations and community engagement needs of local government, public utilities and business for nearly 30 years. Established in 1994, the company has offices in Toledo, Cincinnati and Cleveland Ohio. Our staff of nine includes public relations professionals, graphic designers, a photographer and administrative personnel who provide the wide range of public outreach support your projects will need.

ETC blends traditional public relations and communication skills with a fundamental understanding of sustainability and large infrastructure projects to deliver effective, unique community relations plans and public outreach strategies that have been proven to drive awareness.

Our professional services include community impact assessments, strategic communication plans, public meeting facilitation and preparation of collateral materials (fact sheets, slide decks, signage, banners), graphic design, survey research, key message development, communication plan implementation and evaluation, website development, media relations, project hotline and email support and more.

Key Staff

Team Members

Pat Esposito
Christi Paoletti

Work Samples

Our capable team delivers four R’s with each project:  We invest time in building RELATIONSHIPS with our clients to provide an approach tailored to the individual needs and challenges they are facing. Our RELIABILITY provides work they can trust while our RESPONSIVENESS provides it in a timely manner. All this leads to achieving RESULTS that transform us from just another PR firm to a long-term partner our clients continue to come back to for their communication needs.

CLIENT: Cuyahoga County

PROJECTS: Cuyahoga County Plastic Bag Ban Campaign

DELIVERABLES:

• Logo design

• Communication strategy

• Research – local shopper surveys and national surveys with cities and counties that have similar bans in place

• Retailer Roundtable events

• Graphic design and copywriting for fact sheet and other tool kit items

• Press conference planning

• PowerPoint Presentations

CLIENT: Duke Energy

PROJECT: Duke Energy Natural Gas Pipeline Infrastructure Projects

DELIVERABLES:

• Strategic communication planning and consulting for multiple natural gas pipeline infrastructure projects

• Dedicated hotline and email customer service

• Public comment database

• Public meeting planning (in-person and virtual)

• Graphic design and copywriting for project fact sheet, brochures, infographics, and 40-page Q&A booklet

• Research of active and/or planned projects in surrounding area

• Photography

CLIENT: Columbia Gas

PROJECT: MGP Site Remediation Projects

DELIVERABLES:

• Stakeholder and community resource identification and research

• Stakeholder engagement

• Mailing lists

• Letters and fact sheets

• Access agreements

CLIENT: Greene County Sanitary Engineering Department

PROJECT: Consumer Confidence Report and Newsletters

DELIVERABLES:

• Graphic design

• Copywriting

CLIENT: The Quilter’s Studio of Loveland

PROJECTS: Company Branding

DELIVERABLES:

• Photography

• Brochure redesign

• Business card

• Website design

CLIENT: City of Piqua

PROJECT: Source Water/Stormwater Education Program

DELIVERABLES: 

• Project fact sheets about agricultural runoff, urban runoff, and voluntary stream buffer program

• PowerPoint presentation

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Contact Us

For more information, contact Bethany Dale at bethany.dale@etc-online.com.

ETC is WBE certified with the City of Cincinnati, City of Toledo, and Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, and SBE certified by the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District.
We are also a member of Green Umbrella.