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�1 <br />J <br />Consultant's Work Plan <br />At the heart of the Work Plan is listening and gathering data, which should increase the <br />probability of community buy -in with the final results. <br />To prepare the five -year plan, my colleagues and I will hold ten focus groups with the <br />following organizations: <br />- Cabarrus Regional Chamber of Commerce. <br />- Cabarrus EDC <br />- Rowan Cabarrus Community College, especially small- business center <br />- Kannapolis Business Alliance <br />- The Midland Business Alliance <br />- Concord Downtown Development Corporation <br />- Downtown Concord Merchants Association <br />- The key business group in Harrisburg. <br />- Two other groups, to be determined. <br />Each focus group will last about two hours. Organizing each group will take about three <br />hours. Transcribing the information from each group will be three hours. Total time will <br />be 80 hours. <br />Additionally, my colleagues and I will interview, by phone or in person, the following 40 <br />people. <br />- 15 small businesspeople, <br />- 10 home -based businesspeople <br />- 5 mayors and 5 city managers <br />- 5 others, to be determined. <br />Each conversation will last an hour, will require 0.5 hours of preparation, and one hour of <br />transcription and analysis. Total time will be 100 hours. <br />I propose three public events for this work: <br />- A public speech, probably in the evening, to introduce this initiative. <br />- A presentation of the preliminary data findings, with opportunities for <br />feedback and discussion. <br />- A final presentation, with special efforts to bring political leaders and get <br />media coverage. <br />Each event will require 8 hours preparation, 2 hours for the event itself, and 2 hours for <br />evaluation. That's 36 hours. <br />G -5 <br />Attachment number 2 <br />Page 295 <br />