Announcing the Release of the 2030 Blue Economy Action Plan

A coalition of Blue Economy stakeholders led by the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation released Rhode Island’s 2030 Blue Economy Action Plan. This plan has been developed with the input of over 300 representatives of the Blue Economy in the state. The Plan first calls for the immediate development of a permanent Grow Blue Partnership to maintain momentum and support a variety of needed roles including coalition building, storytelling of Rhode Island’s Blue Economy assets to diverse audiences, and identification of funding sources.

Rhode Island’s 2030 Blue Economy Action Plan secondly calls for the Grow Blue Partnership to immediately “tactically” advance on an ongoing basis five key actions that were identified as opportunities and needs by community stakeholders:

1. Act, in partnership with Compete RI, as a facilitator of information on upcoming and current funding opportunities from Federal, State, or other entities.

2. Embed equity into Grow Blue communications, stakeholder and community involvement, and access with the goal of eliminating economic and social disparities.

3. Serve as a network to centralize marketing and engagement efforts of the Blue Economy to expand our message from a local one to a national brand. Utilize this neutral organization to build trust and support throughout the state.

4. Identify and map all Blue Economy assets across the state and region. Provide them to the public as a resource to support collaboration. Identify the gaps to inform strategic planning efforts for the future.

5. Serve to identify and advise on cross-sector opportunities and intersections between efforts that can lead to greater economic and community impact.

For more information and to see the complete list of sixteen identified strategies download the Executive Summary here.

Descarga aquí el resumen ejecutivo en español.