Consultant for NEK Vitality Project: Systems Modeling for Regional Decision Making RFP

Description: The NEK Vitality Project will result in economic development throughout Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom (NEK) by providing regional leaders, businesses, nonprofits, municipalities, and economic development organizations with a powerful decision-support tool that improves the effectiveness of economic development investments. The project will develop a system dynamics modeling and simulation tool that enables stakeholders to evaluate how investments in regional priorities influence economic outcomes over time. By helping decision-makers identify the interconnected nature of regional challenges, the project will support more effective allocation of public and private resources. This enhanced planning capacity will support ongoing business and organization development efforts, grant applications, infrastructure planning, and coordinated regional investment strategies.