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Agree with patientman, this will be a $350k replication of what was recommended nearly 18 months ago. At the same time, I was a big skeptic of SSMA, but they seem to be telling it like it is. I would take exception to only one thing purported by the firm. According to the Census Bureau, since 1990, Warwick's overall population has declined by 4%, while the RI's population has increased by 4.7%, Over that time period, every New England state gained population. So why has Warwick's population declined? And why does it's school-aged population continue to decline precipitously in the face of rising population elsewhere and nearby? And why, in a city that now spends $18,000 per student, does Warwick now have an adult population that is less well educated than the RI average (and the RI average is the second lowest in New England)? One begins to formulate a picture of Warwick as a very expensive, yet poorly educated population that is simply not attractive to those very few who are looking to move to RI.