Step 1: Starting to Build Your Core Team Months 1 & 2 • Meet with MVP assigned Equity Partner to get ready for the process and start recruiting other municipal members of the Core Team. • Follow local procurement processes to hire a vendor or vendor team to support the community in completing the planning steps of the MVP 2.0 process. This planning vendor should have expertise in equity-centered project facilitation, community-driven processes, and climate and community resilience. Step 2: Identifying Lived Expertise Month 3 • Dig deeper into understanding who lives and works in the community and which Environmental Justice or other priority populations will likely be disproportionately affected by climate chance Identify perspectives and lived experience within the community that will be important to include in your Core Team
