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The 42 Gateway: SWOT Summary <br />Introduction <br />F,1 <br />C�tyof <br />Louisville <br />COLORADO -SINCE 1878 <br />Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis is a workshop tool <br />commonly used to identify factors that are supportive or unfavorable to achieving a specific <br />objective. The process is being utilized by the 42 Gateway project participating agencies to: (1) <br />define parameters for problem - solving strategies that fit within an organization's concems and <br />(2) identify areas of convergent and divergent opinions between the participating agencies. The <br />SWOT process used for the project engages each participating:Eagency, including the City of. <br />Louisville (City), Louisville Revitalization Commission (LRC), Boulder County, City of Lafayette, <br />local property owners, Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), and the Regional <br />Transportation District (RTD). Individual interviews will: be conducted with the Burlington <br />Northern Santa Fe Railroad (BNSF) and the results of this interview;will be incorporated into the <br />summary as well. <br />Attendees of the participating agency SWOT workshops are identified in Table 1. Results from <br />the individual SWOT workshops synthesized in this . "summary were documented and compared <br />to find convergent and divergent themes and ideas. Commonalities found between the <br />participating agencies can then be used as.a springboard for defining the project's purpose and <br />need, building project goals and objectives; and guide the 42 Gateway project in a direction that <br />is mutually agreeable, and built on consensus The divergent viewpoints documented during <br />the SWOT analysis will;be utilized in alternatives evaluation planning study to help establish <br />constraints, evaluation criteria; and.. screening, criteria. <br />SWOT Process <br />The SWOT process is straightforward and lends itself to short in- person workshops. Workshop <br />participants are asked;to identify strengths; weaknesses, opportunities, and threats as defined <br />in Table 2. Factors surrounding the 'achievement of the objective statement are discussed, and <br />placed into one of the four SWOT categories based on if they are external or internal (internal <br />meaning within an agency's control and external being outside an agency's control) factors and <br />whether or not the factors are positive or negative towards achieving the specified objective. <br />1 <br />11 <br />