Implementation
for Impact

This Action Plan Offers Two Primary Implementation Priorities

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Priority 1

Launch the Grow Blue Partnership and define the first-year actions that it can lead.

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Priority 2

Prioritize the Blue Economy Action Plan opportunities and needs through broad-based community engagement.

Join the Movement: Shaping Rhode Island’s Blue Economy by 2030

Here in Rhode Island, the Ocean State, legacy industries including fishing, boatbuilding and marine trades are combining with the emerging offshore renewable energy industry and exciting new advanced ocean technologies to create powerful intersections that will guide our economy into the future. The Grow Blue Action Plan 2030 proposes 16 Action Steps that when taken will improve our physical infrastructure, invest in our workforce and strengthen our business development initiatives to ensure we are ready for this economic growth. Over 250 Rhode Islanders representing business, nonprofits and government agencies guided the development of these Action Steps and will now work as a Blue Economy Partnership to see them adopted. Ready to join us? To learn more on how you can be part of this effort and add your voice to our story, visit www. growblue.org.

Action Impact
Educate Rhode Island residents about career opportunities in the sector.
  • Increase in employment in the Blue Economy.
  • Increase in jobs held by historically disadvantaged populations.
Promote Rhode Island Blue Economy assets to a regional and global audience.
  • Increase in inbound inquiries from businesses and individuals looking to locate or collaborate with Rhode Island assets.
Prepare Rhode Island projects and initiatives for federal, state, and private investment.
  • Increase in the number of projects advancing.
  • Increase in federal funding allocated to projects and initiatives in the state.
Foster adaptation and mitigation strategies to protect our assets.
  • Increase in local, state, federal, and private funding to support adaptation and mitigation efforts.