Government
Economic development capacity for Governments
How a community makes room to grow
Economic development works on the systems a community's growth depends on: where new businesses can start, what entrepreneurs are able to reach, and what a place does with the buildings and assets it already has. The focus is on finding where opportunity is blocked at the level of the whole community and building a practical plan to open it. Every engagement is grounded in evidence and built to be funded, defended, and carried through to implementation.
Economic development capacity and execution
Get the hands and follow-through your office doesn't have staff time for. Deliverables are drawn from what a capacity and readiness assessment finds, grant readiness and application support, employer engagement and workforce pipeline mapping, or stakeholder convening and facilitation. Built for offices that already know what needs doing and need help getting it done.
Economic development strategy and advisory
Set a clear direction for economic development in your community and get an advisor who stays in it with you. Deliverables include an economic development strategy and assessment, stakeholder and partner facilitation, and ongoing advisory support through implementation. Structured as a project or a monthly retainer depending on the level of support you need.
Vacant space and adaptive reuse strategy
Turn vacant and underused buildings into spaces that put your downtown back to work. Deliverables include a site assessment, an adaptive reuse concept, and a redevelopment strategy that matches empty properties to viable uses, from small business space to incubators to mixed use. Built to give a city or authority a fundable, defensible plan for its empty commercial space.
Small business ecosystem strategy
Grow the small businesses and entrepreneurs already in your community. Deliverables include ecosystem mapping, a gap analysis, a strategy to connect businesses to capital, customers, and support, and incubator cohort design and delivery for existing small businesses. Useful for cities and agencies building a small business or startup pipeline from the ground up.
Strategic Communication
Help residents and stakeholders understand what your government is doing and why. Deliverables include public information strategy, stakeholder and community communication plans, and public-facing information tools that keep residents current on projects, spending, and decisions as they move from planning to delivery. Built to inform rather than persuade, so trust is earned through clarity, not framing.