Economic Monitoring Collaborative

Purpose & Activities

In accordance with RIGL §46-31-9, the Environmental Monitoring Collaborative is responsible for "developing and implementing a strategy for an economic monitoring program. The strategy for the economic monitoring program shall include baselines, protocols, guidelines, and quantifiable indicators for assessing the economic health and performance of the water cluster. Economic indicators shall include, but not be limited to, the following aspects where or when appropriate and/or available:

• Total gross state product originating in the water cluster;
• Direct and indirect employment in the water cluster; and
• Public expenditures for infrastructure to support the water cluster. The strategy for said economic monitoring program shall be developed by the economic monitoring collaborative and adopted by the coordination team within six (6) months of passage of this act; and shall be reviewed and updated every four (4) years, and included in the reports described in § 46-31-6(l)

The Economic Monitoring Collaborative is currently chaired by the RI Economic Policy Council's Executive Director Kip Bergstrom.

Members

Name	Organization
Kip Bergstrom	RI Economic Policy Council
Andrew Dzkewicz	RI Office of Energy Resources
Michael Keyworth	Brewer Cove Haven Marina
Kenneth Kubic	Kubic & Conradi Consultants
Michael McGiveney	RI Shellfisherman's Association
E. Howard McVay, Jr.	Northeast Pilots Association
Stephen Medeiros	RI Saltwater Anglers' Association
Richard Nadolink	Energetics Technology Center
Brad Read	Sail Newport
Eric Reid	Deep Sea Fish of RI
Curt Spalding	Save the Bay
John Gates	Univeristy of Rhode Island
Austin Becker	RI Sea Grant/URI Coastal Resources Center
Michael Doherty	RI Economic Development Corporation
Marisa Paul	Raytheon IDS
Tom Rich	New England Boatworks
Rob Hofman	Providence Maritime Heritage Foundation

Meetings and Minutes

Please see the Meetings and Minutes section.

Information Archive

Economic Monitoring Collaborative Initial Report to Coordination Team, January 2005 (PDF)
FY 2007 Proposal for Economic Monitoring, October 2005 (PDF)
FY 2007 Economic Monitoring Report
FY 2008 Coordination Team Monitoring Request Summary