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A
New Strategy for a New Time |
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 In
January 2005, the City of Des Moines issued a Request
for Proposals (RFP) for an evaluation of the Neighborhood
Revitalization Program designed in 1990 by Stockard
& Engler, in collaboration with the Wisconsin Partnership
for Housing Development, Inc. The two firms were retained
by the City to conduct the evaluation.
The
RFP described the evaluation as a three-phased process,
with a cost established for each phase. That was intended
to allow both the City and the consultants the discretion
to determine whether consultant work on the project
should continue beyond Phase One. Phase One was intended
to rely heavily on the professional judgment of the
consultants about neighborhood revitalization, rather
than on analysis of data. It would consist of the consultants’
assessment of the City’s program as of 2004, and
recommendations for any mid-course corrections. City
staff were to provide coordination and data for the
consultants.
Phase
Two was intended to consist of more detailed, specific
proposals or strategies to implement the recommendations
from Phase One. Phase Three was intended to propose
plans for implementing the recommended strategies.
This
is the final report on Phase One of the project. The
consultants met in Des Moines for three days (April
18-20, 2005) of observation with a wide range of stakeholders
in the program. City staff provided background data
on the program and coordinated meetings with stakeholders.
Following the first visit, the consultants prepared
an interim report, which was reviewed in a second series
of meetings (June 27-29, 2005) with stakeholders. Comments
provided by stakeholders were extremely helpful. However,
the recommendations in this report are the sole responsibility
of the consultants. |
