Areas of Practice
Government Management
Organizational Development:
Through a structured and communicative process RMCG helps organizations build their capacity to change and achieve greater effectiveness by evaluating, developing, and reinforcing strategies, structures, and internal processes. Our team of professionals will work alongside your staff to understand the challenges, deconstruct the problem, and establish creative and practical solutions that can be implemented by the organization.
Strategic Planning
RMCG will work with your governing body and administrative team to define your organization’s vision, mission, values and goals. Once these core elements are defined, RMCG will collaborate to establish a meaningful tool to manage expectations, measure outcomes, and plan for the resources necessary to accomplish your community’s goals.
Organizational Analysis
Local governments face shifting priorities and resource challenges. This often drives the need to evaluate the effectiveness and organizational structure of an agency. Based on years of hands-on management experience, RMCG will work with the organization to: (1) Understand your challenges, opportunities, and culture (2) Evaluate performance data, (3) Benchmark the agency with similar organizations, (4) Recommend solutions.
Process Improvement
Operational changes, retirements, resource allocation limitations can all have an impact on the efficiency of a process or service within your organization. RMCG will work with your team to identify issues, troubleshoot problems, investigate causation, and provide real-world solutions and tools that can be implemented to improve outcomes.
Economic Development
Economic Assessment
Effective economic development policy should be based on a core understanding of the economic indicators and underlying conditions in your community. The RMCG team will provide an economic analysis of your community, district, or corridor in order to provide policymakers with a clear understanding of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats that should be addressed as a part of the organizations economic development policies and programs.
Policy Consulting
Economic Development policies and programs should not be static. Policies should be regularly evaluated in the context of your community’s economic condition to determine the need for revisions or replacement. RMCG will work with your professionals to develop or evaluate programs, policies, and regulations. Based on our evaluations, the RMCG Team will provide data-driven recommendations for improvement.
Fiscal and Economic Impact Analysis
Determining the net benefit of an initiative is vital to making a well-informed decision about the use of public funds or resources. The RMCG team will work to provide third party analysis of the net benefits associated with an economic development project, program, or partnership.
Project Implementation
Years of local government experience puts RMCG in a unique position to understand how local governments must work through policies procedures and regulations to implement Economic Development plans. This path is not new for our team, and we work alongside your staff efficiently navigate, implement, and achieve your goals.
Business Attraction, Retention, and Expansion
At RMCG, we understand that this process is not one size fit all. Initiatives must be based on an understanding of local zoning codes, real estate market, economic climate, and community vision. In partnership with our real estate market experts, development professionals, and economists, we provide innovative strategies that can be implemented by your agency to effectively market and attract business to your community.
Real Estate Development Consulting
Site Development Evaluation
The RMCG team will assist local government organizations with evaluating the highest and best use of their real estate assets, which can include market analysis, massing studies, site plan visioning, policy evaluation, and strategies for development.
Developer Selection Process
When engaging in Public Private Partnerships, local governments must carefully engage in the process of selecting a qualified partner. At the start of this process, a local government should have clear goals for the project, determine the preferred professional solicitation method, build a qualified team of evaluators, and effectively market the opportunity to the development community. The RMCG team will work with your staff to craft a comprehensive and sound developer selection process that aligns with local regulations and community goals.
Formal Solicitation Drafting (RFP/RFQ)
RMCG will work with your organization to craft a formal solicitation document that adheres to state and local procurement regulations and clearly communicates the vision of your project. Through the use of a well defined process for evaluating the quality and capacity of a potential development partner, RMCG will assist your organization in determining the best qualified team to implement your vision.
Proforma Analysis
A key part of being able to evaluate the benefit of a real estate development project is to understand the financial implications of a development deal for both the development partner and the local government. A clear understanding of these financials will allow administrators to make well informed decisions regarding the cost-benefit of utilizing public funds. RMCG in partnership with its economists and real estate market analysts will evaluate the financial return that a proposed real estate development is likely to create.
Public-Private Partnership Negotiations
The RMCG development professionals will work with your team and prospective development firms to negotiate business terms for your public-private partnership or redevelopment project. RMCG will also work with your team to evaluate the impact of the development agreement, provide creative solutions to achieve goals, and present data to stakeholders.