About Us
What is GraniteRG.com ?
GraniteRG.com is a new media research organization that produces, publishes, and disseminates materials that foster informed electoral decisions and public policy, promote investment and transactions, articulate strategies, and provide intellectual leadership that transforms cities and enhances the lives of people. The new media distinction reflects a commitment to the Internet as GraniteRG.com's principal delivery mechanism.
Kenneth D. Price launched GraniteRG.com in February 2007 after meetings and conversations with entrepreneurs, community leaders, and professionals in Cincinnati OH, Atlanta GA, Fort Lauderdale FL, and other cities throughout the US. What became clear is a widely held interest in a resource for thoughtful consideration of public policy, topics, and strategies for improving conditions in America's cities and the families residing in them. Individuals often cited the need for discourse on these issues, particularly in light of an important 2008 general election. Subsequent to these discussions, GraniteRg.com founders looked at the marketplace for hosting national conversations, ultimately forming this repository to fill a space for research that advocates on behalf of the dispossessed segments of American society. The Internet poses the greatest potential for reaching a broad audience in an efficient manner. Through this work, GraniteRG.com is committed to closing the digital divide in the realm of grassroots analysis and mobilization.
How GraniteRG.com Started
Kenneth D. Price launched GraniteRG.com in February 2007 after meetings and conversations with entrepreneurs, community leaders, and professionals in Cincinnati OH, Atlanta GA, Fort Lauderdale FL, and other cities throughout the US. What became clear is a widely held interest in a resource for thoughtful consideration of public policy, topics, and strategies for improving conditions in America's cities and the families residing in them. Individuals often cited the need for discourse on these issues, particularly in light of an important 2008 general election. Subsequent to these discussions, GraniteRg.com founders looked at the marketplace for hosting national conversations, ultimately forming this repository to fill a space for research that advocates on behalf of the dispossessed segments of American society. The Internet poses the greatest potential for reaching a broad audience in an efficient manner. Through this work, GraniteRG.com is committed to closing the digital divide in the realm of grassroots analysis and mobilization.What GraniteRG.com Delivers
GraniteRG.com services include, but are not limited to: conducting feasibility analysis, polling, developing policy recommendations, and advocating for responsive government. Topics within GraniteRG.com's research domain include politics and government, education, technology, community development, finance, economics and industry, and international affairs.
Our Customers
GraniteRG.com will publish materials free-of-charge to the public in order for grassroots organizations and private citizens to have access to a resource committed to their concerns. Likewise, GraniteRG.com extends services on a contractual basis to:
Corporations and Small Businesses
Government Agencies
Faith-Based Organizations
Trade Associations
Community Groups
Chambers of Commerce
Political Action Committees
Social Service Agencies
Consumer Advocacy Groups
Grantmaking Foundations
Educational Institutions
Think Tanks
Our Principles
GraniteRG.com presents issues from the perspective of middle- and low-income communities that lack think tanks, policy campaign funds, and other resources to articulate certain agendas. As a matter of principle we seek to:
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INTEGRITY Involve analysts with the integrity to provide objectives analysis that transcends personal interests.
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IMPORT Select topics of national/international import or those that provide reapplicable benefits in various cities throughout the US and abroad.
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INDEPENDENCE Provide perspectives that are independent of rigid political frameworks - conservative, liberal, etc.
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QUALITY Make use of the highest quality information available, including: primary, trusted third-party, government.
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METHODOLOGIES Consistently apply asound methodologies to research projects.
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ACCURACY Where necessary, provide prompt and readily available revisions and corrections to previous works so as to "get it right" whatever the topic(s) might be.
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OPEN SYSTEMS Invite counterclaims and information that advance public discourse. Welcome public debates and forums with groups on the opposite side issues to the benefit of a broader community.