STRA Communications, Inc., is a consulting company based in Kansas City, Missouri. Our clients range from city governments to law firms, large non-profits to small businesses.

What makes us special?
First, we listen.  We listen to our clients while serving as a strategic partner.  We listen carefully to the client's constituents, to assure that all voices around the table are heard.  It has been our experience that a project evolves more efficiently when stakeholders are involved early to assist experts in identifying effective and creative solutions. Whether building a bridge, or building consensus, we've found that honesty, integrity, and an ability to help our clients "see around the corners" has contributed to ASTRA's success. 

We have 80 years of combined experience. To learn more about our members' expertise, visit Who We Are.

Services
We specialize in services for public involvement, internal and external communications, change management, marketing, Website design, and special events. See What We Do for more information.

Special News

Left: ASTRA client Steve McDowell, principal of BNIM Architects, joins Lynn Hinkle and newly inaugurated Kansas City, Missouri Mayor Mark Funkhouser after the ceremony at City Hall on May 1, 2007. (Photo Courtesty of Eddie Penrice, KCMO)

10,000 Rain Gardens is finalist for US Conference of Mayors Award

(Kansas City, Missouri)  An initiative designed to engage citizens at a grassroots level as their region deals with stormwater problems, 10,000 Rain Gardens, has been selected from among 230 applicants as one of 15 finalists for the City Livability Award from the US Conference of Mayors. 

Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes launched the initiative with the assistance of Black & Veatch and ASTRA Communications, Inc., two local companies who are helping the Water Services Department create a stormwater management plan.  Television, radio, and print materials were included in the campaign launch.

A rain garden is a shallow basin filled with native plants.  Rain runoff from roofs, roads and other impervious surfaces is directed into the garden, where the plants naturally clean the water of pollutants and help stormwater percolate back into the earth.  Water quality is improved when rain drops are captured and absorbed where they land, and pollutants do not reach the streams and waterways of the community during frequent storms.

A website serves as a well-spring of information and tips on rain gardens, and citizens can register their own garden at rainKC.com.  The campaign has generated more than 50,000 visits to the website, numerous professional and public training workshops have been held this spring, and citizens continue to dig in and do their part to improve water quality in nine counties within the Missouri River watershed.