Specifications include, but are not limited to: This project will focus on four core areas: (1) facilitating a comprehensive public input and stakeholder engagement process (including facilitating a series of community conversations and engaging a stakeholder council or councils), along with organizing feedback received through this process into both quantitative and qualitative summary findings and supporting materials; (2) producing a deep analysis of Rhode Island’s economy, workforce, and industrial base informed by research, data analytics, and stakeholder engagement, including an examination of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats; (3) facilitating discussions with Rhode Island state government departments about their pre-existing strategic visions, to inform the broader strategic planning process, along with organizing feedback received through this process into high-level summary findings and supporting materials; and (4) developing actionable strategies that synthesize the information collected and prepared through this project to guide Rhode Island’s short-term recovery and longer-term future. Given the unprecedented opportunities provided by the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and other potential federal funding sources, this project will identify investments that provide substantial economic, social, and community value and can be initiated with expenditures incurred by December 31, 2024 in accordance with federal ARP requirements.
