Types of Services (note: all projects will be for public sector properties): Organization: ● Training on the basics of the Main Street 4-point approach ● Strategic planning, vision-mission development, work plan development, succession planning ● Entity formation and management (organizational structure, documents, board development, staffing, budget) ● Nonprofit development/fundraising (broad funding types, including grants, grant writing, crowdfunding, and other fundraising strategies) ● Feasibility, formation, and management of "authorities" and "special districts" (i.e. business improvement districts, downtown development authorities) ● Organizational capacity building (recruit, manage, and increase the number of partners, volunteers, etc.) ● Other areas in Organization that are not listed here (50 words maximum) Design: ● Preservation ordinances ● Design guidelines ● Zoning review and updates ● Historic nomination and designation (local/state/federal) ● Historic building surveys ● Historic preservation plans ● Secretary of the Interior's Standards (interpretation/recommendations) ● Historic preservation design review support ● Historic building preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, reconstruction ● Facade design /improvements ● Architectural documentation (as-built drawings, schematic/design development, and construction documents) ● Building codes (IEBC/IBC) and energy codes (IECC) ● Design and construction bids documents for public projects (e.g., infill, parks, parklets, plazas, trails, upper story housing development, theaters, streetscape, etc.) ● Computer drafting, modeling, and analysis (CAD, 3D scanning, GIS, etc.) ● Scope of work (SOW) and request for proposal (RFP) development ● Building energy audits ● Energy efficiency and renewable energy planning (design and funding opportunities) ● Energy performance contracting ● Financial planning, strategy, return on investment ● State and federal tax credits (HP, LIHTC, et al.) ● Funding opportunities / grants / grant writing ● Rural transportation planning (multimodal, including pedestrian, bicycle, transit, etc.)
