Sara VanLear

Sara VanLear

Sara VanLear is an economic development analyst. She collaborates with domestic and international clients to strategize and evaluate economic development projects through mixed qualitative and quantitative methods. Her work is place-based and focused on exploring the ways in which changes in the economy translate into opportunities for those who live there through determining inclusive growth metrics, assessing the exchange between public and private institutions, and identifying key areas of need for equitable progress. She holds a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina.

Sara VanLear

Contributing Articles

The Mobilization Fund Study: First Year of Capital Access in New Orleans

Read our one-year outcomes on the Mobilization Fund, a $1.54 million pilot fund to increase capital access to DBE contractors. The Mobilization Fund helps Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) overcome barriers with financial security used to support public contracting and to successfully deliver on contracts in New Orleans. In the short term, the objective of the $1.54 million pilot fund is to increase …

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The Mobilization Fund Study: First Year of Capital Access in New Orleans

This public report contains the findings of RTI International’s interviews with Mobilization fund recipients in New Orleans and the fund’s PPP partners and stakeholders to characterize initial outcomes. Those results range from improved financial outlooks for DBEs and the ability to deliver on their current public contract to reduced personal stress and increased business finance savvy. Findings are described in …

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