The Appalachian Regional Commission

1. The Appalachian Regional Commission

2. Only Two Basic Reasons for Transportation Coalitions • Solve Common Problems or • Achieve Common Goals

3. Only Two Basic Reasons for Transportation Coalitions • Solve Common Problems or • Achieve Common Goals • ECONOMIC • QUALITY of LIFE

4. Specific Reasons for Transportation Coalitions • Creation & Retention of Jobs • Competition in national / global markets • Meet the needs of a mobile society • Provide human services • Preservation of the environment

5. Specific Reasons for Transportation Coalitions • Creation & Retention of Jobs • Competition in national / global markets • Meet the needs of a mobile society • Provide human services • Preservation of the environment • When you think about it • Local agencies can not afford to compete with their neighbors • There is strength in numbers • It just makes common sense

6. The Appalachian Region All of West Virginia Parts of: Alabama Georgia Kentucky Maryland Mississippi New York North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Virginia

7. The Appalachian Region • 198,931 square miles 13 States 406 Counties • 22,216,361 people • 42 % rural

8. By the 1960s, Appalachia was a “region set apart.” • One of three Appalachians lived in poverty, 50% higher than the national average. • Unemployment was 40% higher than the national average. • Between 1950 and 1960, net out-migration from Appalachia exceeded two million persons. • The school dropout rate was well over 50%.

9. Highways Hospitals Sewage Treatment Land Conservation Mine Land Restoration Flood Control Water Resource Mgmt. Vocational Education Community Development Technical Assistance Appalachian Regional Commission1965 Purpose Promote Economic and Social Development Program and Projects

10. Appalachian Regional Commission organizational chart Federal partner = 1 vote 13 Appalachian Governors = 1 vote 2001 States’ Co-Chairman Kentucky Gov. Paul E. Patton Federal Co-Chairman Jesse L. White, Jr. Federal Office Inspector General Washington States’ Office Executive Director General Counsel Local Development Districts Public Affairs Distressed Counties Planning and Research Program Operations Finance and Administration Transportation Entrepreneurship Publications

11. Transportation Health Care Education ARC’s Six Major Program Areas Leadership & Civic Capacity Infrastructure Dynamic Economy

12. Transportation $450.0 mil Education $10.0 mil Health Care $11.2 mil ARC’s Six Major Program Areas Infrastructure $41.9 mil Leadership & Civic Capacity 4.3 mil Dynamic Economy $11.4 mil

13. ARC Funding by State and Goal Area ARC Funding by State and Goal Area Fiscal Year 1999 Fiscal Year 1999 Education and Training Physical Infrastructure Civic Capacity Dynamic Economies Health Care Health Care Alabama Georgia Kentucky Maryland Mississippi North Carolina New York Ohio Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Virginia West Virginia 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

14. Appalachian Development Highway System Appalachian Development Highway System Adequate or Complete To be Completed Interstate System

15. Area Development Projects Annual appropriation from General Fund Funds flow through ARC Highway Projects Multi-year appropriation from Highway Trust Fund Funds flow through FHWA Two Distinct Funding Mechanismsfor Advancing ARC Projects

16. Two Distinct Tracks for Advancing ARC Projects • Area Development Projects • Highway Projects

17. Area Development Projects • ARC Strategic Plan approved by the Commission • State’s Strategic Statement submitted by each Governor & approved by the Commission • Projects initiated by LDDs • Projects prioritized by State Program Manager • Projects reviewed by State’s Alternate • Projects submitted by the Governor • Projects reviewed by ARC Staff • Projects approved by Federal Co- Chairman • Projects implemented by LDD/Locals/State or Federal Agency • Projects evaluated by ARC staff

18. Highway Projects • ADHS & eligible mileage authorized by Congress • Corridor location, termini, and eligible mileage to States are approved by the Commission • Projects are advanced by State DOTs • Projects follow federal-aid highway procedures and are monitored by the FHWA

19. ARC’s Special Initiatives Intermodal Transportation Telecommunications ExportTrade Entrepreneurship

20. An Assessment of Intermodal Transportation in the Appalachian Region May 1999

21. Intermodal Transportation Systems Intermodal Transportation Systems TOFC/COFC Facilities Inter-city Bus Routes Airports Amtrak Stations

23. ARC’s 10 Intermodal Planning Grants

25. ADHS Benefits Exceed Costs ADHS Total Economic Impact Total Impact with Construction Benefits Total Building and Maintenance Costs $0 $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 Billions of Dollars

26. Have We a Difference in Appalachia ?

27. Distressed Counties of the Appalachian Region: 1960 219 Counties

28. Distressed Counties in the Appalachian Region - FY 2001 114 Counties

29. Reasons for ARC’s Success • Set up by Congress (clout with Federal agencies) • Staff to provide technical support, research & evaluation • Separate federal funding provides a catalyst • Multi frontal approach • Bottoms up approach • 50 / 50 State/Federal partnership • Local/State/Federal partnership • Forum to share successes and failures • Common goal to reach win-win solutions

30. Major Challenges Facing ARC’s • Funding levels have not kept pace with the demand • Keeping a regional focus vs. a local focus • Balance of power requires consensus on all decisions = time • Shooting at a moving target

31. www.arc.gov

32. Appalachia A Proud Past! A Bright Future!