STRATEGIC ADVISEMENT: 

We provide not-for-profits, businesses, and communities with ongoing advisory services ranging from strategic partnerships, landscape analysis, program design, capitalization, marketing/media/press, and public policy. 

Transitional Consulting and Program Expansion: 

When organizations acquire new programs or expand existing services, planning, resource development, coordination and communication are key, both internally and externally. An outside resource can often provide the bird’s eye view that is challenging for an organization to observe itself, especially during times of transition.  Our consulting service offers structure, resource development, landscape analysis lending itself to smooth transitions and growth of services.

BID FORMATION:

With decades of combined experience working with Business Improvement Districts and New York City, our team are experts in the process of forming BIDs. As a community led effort, BID formation must engage a range of stakeholders with multiple perspectives within their commercial corridor. Our team provides leadership in community engagement, facilitation, BID process adherence, needs assessment, documentation, and BID resource planning.

Economic Development Planning: 

At the heart of all communities is its landscape – physical, environmental, economic and built. Economic development planning serves communities by tackling issues or challenges that can positively or negatively impact growth. Facilitating conversations and ideas around a community’s built environment, industry mix, job growth, and community resources assists the public, private and not-for-profit sectors in developing a roadmap for their common goals. Our team can lead and support organizations in structured growth planning, business development and attraction, merchant organizing, and advisory services on public policy toin line with community goals.

SECTORAL, GEOGRAPHIC AND PLACE-BASED WORKFORCE PLANNING: 

Taking into account the needs of employers and jobseekers, and the geographic isolation of some communities throughout New York City, place-based workforce planning is a key component to economic and workforce development initiatives. Assisting both companies and not-for-profit organizations training and placing workers, we assess the needs of both to ensure that community and business needs are closely aligned in a way that focuses on the benefits to community residents, and encourages improvement and impact on the local economy. Services include community benefits development, landscape analysis of local workforce and training providers, organization and facilitation of community meetings and presentations, labor market needs analysis and research, and policy analysis and development.

Community Coordination and engagement:

Organizations often find themselves in the presence of opportunities that can benefit their participants but don’t have the capacity to take advantage of these opportunities. By coordinating and organizing within their community, NFP’s can readily expand the breadth and depth of their services in order to be able to better serve their participant base, or access grants and funds that they would normally not be equipped to compete for. Services in this area include development of strategic outreach plans, facilitation of meetings and workshops, community based partner development, resource planning & identification of strategic partnerships.

Program Evaluation & Impact, Coaching, and Framework Development:

Firms can find the process of evaluating the impact of their programs and services difficult to manage internally. Staff can be challenged in recognizing the impact and potential of their work, how it aligns with outcomes and outputs, and what impact means for the “big picture”. Services in this area include creating common language and goals to enhance program performance, comprehensive reviews of program indicators, service alignment evaluations,  staff coaching, and development of actionable plans in order to improve current future capacity and performance.