1. Identify relevant audiences primarily in environmental justice areas and LIDACS, including: a. At least 30 small/medium sized businesses (under 50,000 square feet), business associations, non-profits, communities of faith, businesses within cultural corridors, and communitybased organizations b. At least eight (8) large potential geothermal “anchor” buildings, including; i. City and County buildings and development properties ii. Hospitals, large private commercial buildings, large multifamily buildings, developers, and potential thermal energy network “clusters” 2. Develop green technology and resources education materials to be used in initial and ongoing stakeholder engagement meetings and workshops 3. Coordinate to develop engagement and recruitment communications to businesses in underserved communities regarding geothermal and other relevant NCIF-qualified technologies for workshops and 1-on-1 meetings 4. Convene stakeholders with geothermal resource and subject matter experts and representatives from private and public funding opportunities (i.e. Minneapolis GCS and MnCIFA, utility programs and incentives, private financial packages, etc.) a. Eight (8) workshops across 50 LIDAC census tracts b. One-on-one engagement with identified audiences in 1b. 5. Gather industry input regarding workforce barriers to scaling technology and share with the City’s Minneapolis Employment and Training program new career pathway opportunities. Guide project partners to hire local, union, BIPOCI, and women-owner contractors who will employ graduates from the City’s career pathway program(s) 6. Identify shovel-ready projects for MnCIFA funding 7. Through stakeholder engagement and interdepartmental City coordination, identify policy or permitting barriers and opportunities to support scaling-up project efficiency and implementation 8. Draft and copyedit a plan that outlines further market development activities to catalyze green project implementation with an emphasis on geothermal technology
