Specifications include, but are not limited to: Create and distribute a community needs survey regarding the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic to be distributed to residents, businesses, and organizations in the threecounty region. 2. Aggregate and analyze quantitative and qualitative data from the community needs survey. Extrapolate data for use in a regional short-term economic “endurance” strategy. 3. Identify and contact relevant regional stakeholders. 4. Facilitate 15-30 community interviews, organized roughly by industry/sector, with relevant regional stakeholders regarding the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their respective organizations, industries, and communities. 5. Aggregate and analyze qualitative data from community meetings. Extrapolate data for use in a regional long-term economic recovery strategy and a regional economic resilience strategy. 6. Prepare written short-term economic endurance strategy, long-term economic recovery strategy, and regional economic resilience strategy which should include broadband expansion to support economic development opportunities. 7. Presentation of the Resiliency Plan at a late Spring 2022 event.
