Strategic Plan for National Infrastructure Start-up

Project overview

UrbanSense collaborated with a major infrastructure investment partner to shape an initiative focused on "transformative infrastructure." The project aimed to leverage technology to address pressing issues of inequity, climate resilience, and community health, while also helping smaller public agencies access funding opportunities from the 2021 federal infrastructure bill.

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Client: Undisclosed client

Location: New York, NY

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Segment: Non-profit

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Background

The U.S. is undergoing a generational investment in its water, transportation, waste, communications, and energy infrastructure, creating an urgent need for innovative approaches. A new infrastructure-focused start-up sought to define a strategic roadmap that would ensure impactful investments in technology-driven urban development.

UrbanSense Approach

UrbanSense led the initiative’s planning and execution by:

  • Market Research & Best Practices: Analyzing global trends in infrastructure investment and technology integration.

  • Strategic Business Model Development: Crafting a sustainable framework for long-term viability.

  • Core Functions & Organizational Structure: Defining verticals, initiatives, and key operational roles.

  • Stakeholder & Funding Strategy: Identifying essential partners, funders, and agencies for successful implementation.

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Outcomes

Urban Sense helped our client define a roadmap and organizational structure to support local leaders across the U.S. in thinking creatively about how to deliver infrastructure projects through innovative financing, delivery, and public-private partnerships.Urban Sense helped our client define a roadmap and organizational structure to support local leaders across the U.S. in thinking creatively about how to deliver infrastructure projects through innovative financing, delivery, and public-private partnerships.

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