Consulting services in the nature of providing public advocacy and public awareness communications planning and message development to others in the field of public policy research; public policy research services; think tank services in the nature of consultation in the field of public policy, economics, employment and health research for improvement of local economies in the Central United States; public policy research services promoting collaboration within the private and public sectors to achieve advances in the field of resilient, sustainable communities; providing information about economic development as it relates to building resilient, sustainable communities in the Central United States; promoting the interests of people concerned with issues related to building resilient, sustainable communities

Think tank services, namely, conducting meetings, seminars, and educational conferences directed to the societal, economic, employment, and health issues that affect the development of resilient, sustainable communities in the Central United States; publishing of printed matter and electronic publications