About FREDI
FREDI’s mission is to provide the following
economic development assistance to localities:
• Advising on the appropriate planning steps,
tasks, and process to evaluate and assess the feasibility
of potential projects
• Assist with the preparation of requests
for proposals, consultant selection where applicable,
and provide supervision for planning and feasibility
projects
• Identify and advise relative to potential
funding sources for project planning and implementation
• Advise and assist on marketing efforts for
existing industrial land sites, vacant buildings,
and newly developed or renovated commercial and industrial
buildings
• Based on existing data and studies –
undertake reviews of the costs, advantages, obstacles,
and status of different proposed industrial park sites
and work with local, regional, and state officials
to set priorities for future industrial park development.
Impact on Franklin County and the North Quabbin
Region
The four regional partners have banded together to
offer their experience and expertise to work collaboratively
to increase and sustain the local regional capacity
to support economic development initiatives. The HRA,
in FREDI’s first year, worked on a number of
projects in Erving, Montague, Orange, and Shelburne
Falls.
For More Information About FREDI
Contact HRA at (413) 863-9781 x100.
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