The project team undertook a multi-phased approach to assess the state of the outdoor recreation industry across the Commonwealth, understand the needs of businesses, and apply best practices from comparable organizations across the United States to best set the Pennsylvania OBA up for success. The project - titled Elevate - included assessing the number and economic impact of outdoor recreation businesses across the state; mapping over 4,000 outdoor recreation businesses in the state; hosting ten industry workshops across Pennsylvania that engaged 500+ stakeholders; launching a comprehensive survey with 500+ completions; and conducting a benchmarking of comparable OBA’s in other states. Insights from these activities - and more - were vetted by a representative steering committee of statewide industry, nonprofit, government, and economic development partners.