American Rescue Plan

ARPA ADVISORY TEAM

Project Evaluation Process

ARPA Project Evaluation Criteria and Scoring Process

The project evaluation criteria shown on the following page were used by the Town of Blacksburg ARPA Advisory Team to independently score each of the projects under consideration. After scoring, the Advisory Team had a series of deliberative meetings to discuss the relative merits of the proposed projects , fine-tune project scoring, and narrow the list down to the most strategic and impactful projects. The ARPA Advisory Team worked to identify projects that scored highly according to these selection criteria and reflected strong community support. Balancing all of these considerations, the advisory team put forward a slate of projects for Town Council’s consideration that:

 are strongly supported by the community

 will accelerate COVID recovery for residents and businesses

 will provide critically needed support and services for our community’s most vulnerable residents

 are anticipated to have strategic and long-term impacts

 are logistically feasible within the ARPA timeframe

This funding scenario was further refined based on Town Council’s feedback. This report details the final ARPA recommendations and project list for the Town of Blacksburg.

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