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Ohio Township Association Leadership Academy

Please List Three Reasons Why You Live Where You Do. ECOLOGICAL. ECONOMIC. SOCIAL. Causality vs. Intentionality. CausalityThe belief that the improvement to one basic factor will result in an automatic benefit to all other related factors. IntentionalityPurposeful design of equitable benefit for each factor in connection with all other factors.

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Ohio Township Association Leadership Academy

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    1. Ohio Township Association Leadership Academy Building Sustainable Communities Presented by Ohio State University Extension Myra Moss & Bill Grunkemeyer July 31, 2008

    2. Please List Three Reasons Why You Live Where You Do

    4. Causality vs. Intentionality Causality The belief that the improvement to one basic factor will result in an automatic benefit to all other related factors Intentionality Purposeful design of equitable benefit for each factor in connection with all other factors

    6. Supporting Entrepreneurs Source: Center for Study of Rural America Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

    7. Sustainable Community Seeks to maintain and improve the economic, environmental and social characteristics of an area so its members can continue to lead healthy, productive, enjoyable lives there. Maureen Hart

    8. Traditional vs. Sustainable Development Traditional Creating excess wealth to provide resources to reach social and environmental goals Sustainable Finding a balance between economic, social and environmental issues

    9. Township Trustee Action Very small populated township in heavy forested area Largest/primary employer is a paper mill Paper mill will close unless it gets a state loan and local tax incentives from the township trustees Conservation group wants to purchase the company’s land. Local chapter is heading the effort by asking the trustees to not approve the loan and tax incentives As a township trustee what action will you take ? What community social, economic or environmental priority are you supporting by your decision?

    10. Maine's Mount Katahdin Great Northern Paper: 2002 Town of Millinocket Nature Conservancy 41,000 acre transfer to Nature Conservancy Conservation easement on 200,000 acres Nature Conservancy assume $50 million note of Great Northern retiring $14 million and refinancing remainder at ˝ the rate 2003 bankruptcy Today Canadian Corporation bought two mills Employee 600 People Service economy four season tourism

    11. Characteristics of Sustainability Interconnected Economy, Society, Environment Long term focus Inclusionary Multidimensional

    13. Ethos

    14. ETHOS “The subtle web of values, meanings, purposes, expectations, obligations and legitimations that constitutes the operating norms of a culture in relationship to a social entity” Max Stackhouse, 1972

    15. Traditional Planning Activities What are some criticisms that you often hear about traditional planning activities?

    16. Inclusionary Involve residents directly Go to where people gather Reduce barriers to participation

    17. Creating a Vested Interest A. Go Where People Gather

    18. Creating a Vested Interest B. Ask them their treasures and rainbows Use brainstorming, appreciative inquiry, focus groups and even surveys

    19. Lasswell’s Wheel LASSWELL’S VALUE/ INSTITUTION CATEGORIES Harold D. Lasswell, POLITICS: WHO GETS WHAT, WHEN, HOW, Meridian Books, THE WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY, Cleveland and New York, 1958, p. 202 Revised by: Bill Grunkemeyer and Myra Moss, OSU Extension

    20. TREASURES What do we value the most about our Community?

    21. RAINBOWS What do we hope our Community will be for our grand-children and great grand-children?

    22. Long Term Focus Consider impact of decisions made today on grandchildren and great grandchildren Develop a shared vision 50 years into the future

    23. INDICATOR Tells us: Where we are Where we are going How far we have to go

    24. Multidimensional Each goal strives to include social, environmental and economic components Multidimensional indicators track progress toward reaching objectives and goals Common goals developed and shared by all interest groups

    25. Multi-Dimensional Indicators Economic Social Environmental Combined (Multi-Dimensional) Number of jobs created Jobs that pay a living wage Jobs that do not decrease the quality of the area’s aquifer Creation of jobs that pay a living wage and do not decrease the area’s aquifer

    26. Ohio Communities Using Extension Sustainable Community Approach

    27. Ohio Communities Using Extension Sustainable Community Approach

    28. Myra Moss, Extension Specialist Sustainable Development Initiatives Ohio State University Extension Community Development 2120 Fyffe Rd Columbus, Ohio Ph: 614.292.8436 E-mail: moss.63@osu.edu Web Site: http://sustainabledevelopment. osu.edu Bill Grunkemeyer, Extension Specialist Sustainable Development Initiatives Ohio State University Extension 1680 Madison Avenue Administrative Building Wooster, Ohio 44691 Phone: 330.263.3799 E-mail: grunkemeyer.1@osu.edu

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