What We Do
Introducing Action Roadmaps
Strategic plans made simple.
Efficient, more budget-friendly, completely customizable alternatives to comprehensive and strategic plans.
Actions roadmaps are innovative solutions to the dilemma of city managers, economic development directors, mayors and others tasked with creating strategic direction.
Strategic Plans
Your community assets + our expertise and experience = Vision Accomplished!
Specific, action-oriented plans to help your community succeed.
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Economic Development Strategic Plans
Your team and ours creates a strategic plan to capitalize on and optimize the local development your community.
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Feasibility Studies
Our team conducts studies, interviews and research to back the plan we make together.
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Community Vision Plans
Our plan consists of feedback and responses from residents, youth, business owners and leaders of your community.
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Action Plans
We work together to craft a unique plan for each community and municipality.
Equipping your city, county or state with the tools to become a sustainable, profitable, and great place to live, work and play.
Improve your community with your people.
Our process is your process. We believe in not only involving, but closely working with and consulting with the local government, stakeholders, business owners and residents of the community to customize a solution and boost local development.
Implementation
Fractional Economic Development = We help carry the load
Projects and plans that jump-start your aspirations and ambitions.
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Grant writing
We will help you write and find grants that will finance the vision you have.
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Business Recruitment
Together we enlist companies and businesses to call your community home.
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Local business retention & expansion
We help provide the businesses in your community with resources, training and services.
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Real Estate Development
Our partners and advisors in real estate assist in maximizing potential and profits.
Some problems we solve for you.
Vision on the Shelf
The plans we provide and help you find the resources and tools to achieve the goals you and your community set. They won’t be plans that sit on a shelf but that are alive within a community.
Resource Constraints
Our team, our partners and our resources become your team, partners and resources.
Expertise Gaps
Our highly-experienced, flexible and innovative team will give you support system necessary to execute your plans.
Have any questions about
strategic plans or implementation?
Funding
Curated database of grants for communities
We’ve created a database for your community to find grants that will help propel your projects forward.
Explore the database below.
The database contains grants from the community, state and federal levels for your community to benefit from funding at all possible degrees.
Our team finds and filters through hundreds of grants, and adds to the database regularly to ensure your community is up to date on the best grants available.
We have experience writing over 60 grants for communities across the country, securing over $113M for our clients.
Contact us to see how our team can assist yours.
Who We've Worked With
Here are some of the communities, organizations and cities we’ve worked with.
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