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Greater Burrows hires HRIA for five‑year strategic-planning process
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Summary
The Greater Burrows Partnership for Public Health selected HRIA, a Massachusetts nonprofit, to conduct a strategic-planning process running February–June including document review, about 10 key‑informant interviews and a final in‑person presentation to the advisory board in June.
Mikaela Petty, shared‑service coordinator for the Greater Burrows Partnership for Public Health, told the Southborough Board of Health on Feb. 10 that the partnership selected HRIA to lead a five‑year strategic‑planning effort.
"I'm Mikaela Petty. I'm the shared service coordinator for the Greater Burrows Partnership for Health," Petty said, describing HRIA as a Massachusetts‑based nonprofit. She said HRIA was chosen from two proposals and "they were the lowest cost proposal" while offering a detailed plan for actionable recommendations.
Petty outlined a three‑part process: a data‑collection phase (February–April) that will include review of partnership operating documents and roughly 10 key‑informant interviews of about 45 minutes each; a strategy‑development phase (April–May) with two to three virtual advisory‑board discussions to set SMART goals; and a report‑compilation phase (May–June) culminating in a 90‑minute in‑person presentation of findings and recommendations.
Petty said HRIA will support project management and logistics throughout the engagement and that staff are scheduling a kickoff meeting with the advisory board, municipal staff and any board members who wish to attend. She also offered to share the presentation slides with Board members after the meeting.
Board members asked for more specifics on data‑collection parameters; Petty said much of the early work will be qualitative (focus groups and stakeholder interviews) supplemented by broad public‑health indicators and that she will follow up with more detailed metrics on request.
The board did not take a formal vote on the planning contract during the meeting; Petty said staff hope to have a finished product by June.
Next steps: staff will schedule the kickoff meeting and circulate interview and data‑collection details to Board members for feedback.
