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RFP #2020-073 • CITY OF EVERETT PARKS, RECREATION & OPEN SPACE PLAN <br />• <br />• <br />arrative .PeS.IOflSe <br />1. Qualifications & Relevant Experience <br />A. Briefly describe your company. Include how <br />long the company has been in business. <br />BERK is an interdisciplinary consultancy integrating strategy, planning, and policy <br />development; financial and economic analysis; and facilitation, design, and communications. <br />Founded in 1988, our passion is working in the public interest, helping public and non-profit <br />agencies address complex challenges and position themselves for success. <br />Our Mission is: Helping Communities and Organizations Create Their Best Futures. We do <br />this by: <br />Integrating the art of effective decision -making with the science of rigorous quantitative <br />and qualitative analysis; <br />Bringing people, ideas, and analysis together to generate understanding and consensus <br />on the best strategies and decisions; and <br />Bridging across disciplines to synthesize diverse information and facilitate relationships. <br />A hallmark of our approach is our ability to communicate complex information to a wide <br />range of audiences, using words, numbers, pictures, and maps to convey information in <br />accessible, understandable formats. We believe that when participants truly understand the <br />issues and options before them, they are able to make good decisions, and then communicate <br />and explain those decisions to the broader community. <br />BERK has been in business since October 1988. We are incorporated in Washington State cis <br />an S-corporation. <br />LAI PROPOSAL • SUBMITTED OCTOBER 27, 2020 1 <br />