Collin County, TX Earns Special GFOA Recognition for Enhanced Visual Presentation
THE CHALLENGE Collin County’s finance team maintained an impressive 20+ year streak of GFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation Awards, but their Excel-based workflow consumed valuable time on document assembly rather than analysis. THE SOLUTION Collin County adopted Gravity to automate budget book production and transform their visual presentation capabilities. The system provided: THE RESULTS Collin County not only maintained their […]
City of San Marcos Modernizes Budget Production and Eliminates Overtime with Gravity
THE CHALLENGE The City of San Marcos, California’s budget process was mired in outdated technology. Their annual budget book depended entirely on Excel spreadsheets and physical printingโa cumbersome approach that created data validation risks and required three months of exhausting work. The team regularly endured 12-hour days with mandatory overtime during peak periods, while file […]
City of Claremont Cuts Budget Development Time in Half
THE CHALLENGE The City of Claremont’s finance team faced a grueling annual ritual. Building their 300-page budget book meant months of tedious manual assembly, with Excel and Word files that never quite stayed in sync. THE SOLUTION The City adopted Gravity to transform their scattered spreadsheet workflow into an integrated, automated platform. The system provided: THE RESULTS The […]
Town of Palm Beach Achieves GFOA Triple Crown
Gravity saves weeks of effort helping small team win all three GFOA awards for first time ever. THE CHALLENGEThe Town of Palm Beachโs finance team was trapped in survival mode. With just one staff member handling budget and payroll, they spent +90 days a year piecing together spreadsheets and Word documentsโleaving no room for the […]
Rochester Hills, MI
THE CHALLENGE Rochester Hills, Michigan, a thriving suburb of Detroit, faced significant inefficiencies in its budgeting process. With a $210 million budget spanning 33 funds and 31 cost centers, the cityโs reliance on Excel, Word, and PDF-based workflows led to cumbersome, susceptible to errors, and time-consuming financial planning. The finance team, led by CFO Joe […]
Park City School District, UT
THE NEED Park City School District had been struggling with manual processes for creating and maintaining their budget book, a critical document for both internal planning and public transparency. Key challenges included: Manual, Time-Consuming Processes:The district relied on Word and Excel to compile their budget book, resulting in a labor-intensive process prone to errors and […]