Epomena

Services

Independent analysis of public investment in Northwest Florida, for foundations, newsrooms and civic groups. Every figure is traced to the public record, and commissioned work is published unless agreed otherwise at the start.

What you can commission

How an engagement runs

Five steps, each with something you can check

  1. Scope. Agree the question, the place, the decision it informs, when it is needed, and whether and when it will be published.
  2. Record. Gather the public documents and data, and list what is missing and how to request it.
  3. Draft. Run the screens, mark every assumption, and send a draft with its sources attached.
  4. Review. You check the draft for errors of fact. A finding changes only when a fact is shown to be wrong, and every change is logged.
  5. Deliver. A printable brief, the data behind it and a short methods note. Commissioned work is published unless we agree otherwise at the start, with your reply beside it if you want one. Corrections go in the public log.

Who pays for the work

Paid for by people who gain nothing from the finding

Commissioned work is paid for by foundations, newsrooms, civic groups, lenders and researchers. Until a funding and conflict-of-interest policy is published, Epomena takes no paid work from any government or public body. It does not take paid work from Triumph Gulf Coast, from anyone holding or applying for a Triumph award, from an applicant or promoter for a review of its own project, or from campaigns, candidates, parties or individual officials. The Triumph record and its scorecards are never for sale.

What this is not

Limits, stated up front

Epomena is not legal, financial, investment, engineering or municipal-advisory advice, and does not recommend building or not building. It reports what the public record shows, says where the record is silent, and labels every assumption. Virtuous Cycle LLC is a small firm; larger engagements draw on independent specialists, named on the work they review.