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Creating a Vibrant, Sustainable and Competitive Northeast Ohio

Creating a Vibrant, Sustainable and Competitive Northeast Ohio. Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium.

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Creating a Vibrant, Sustainable and Competitive Northeast Ohio

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  1. Creating a Vibrant, Sustainable and Competitive Northeast Ohio

  2. Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium • $4.25M federal grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Part of the new federal Sustainable Communities Initiative. interagency collaboration among HUD, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Environmental Protection. • Three-year planning program across 12 counties including Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Summit, Stark, Trumbull , Wayne • Received a matching program grant of $500,000 from the Fund for our Economic Future • 26 Consortium members have pledged a total of over $2.2 million in funds and in-kind match in the form of staff time and operating expense contributions.

  3. WhyNow? Creating a Vibrant, Sustainable and Competitive Northeast Ohio

  4. Unique Context • Stable regional population • 60+ year shift away from labor-intensive industrial production & working class neighborhoods • Exurban low-density “sprawl” development: Post War American Dream • Regional cultural and natural resources under stress • Chronic, structural fiscal crisis at all levels of local and regional government • Cost of Infrastructure/Resources • Land Use Impacts

  5. NEO Urbanized Area

  6. Genuine Progress Indicator • Bagstad, K.J. and M.R. Shammin. The Genuine Progress Indicator as a measure of regional economic welfare: A case study for Northeast Ohio. Gund Institute for Ecological Economic, University of Vermont. Manuscript in preparation for Ecological Economics. Partnership with Green City Blue Lake, Cleveland, Ohio. “The Genuine Progress Indicator as an economic and well-being indicator for Ohio: A summary”

  7. Genuine Progress Indicator

  8. Trends/Challenges Quality of Life Regional Competitiveness Long term Resiliency & Sustainability

  9. WhyTogether? Creating a Vibrant, Sustainable and Competitive Northeast Ohio

  10. We Are Connected Source: CTPP County Level Journey to Work Data, NOACA Technical Memorandum (June 2003)

  11. Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority Akron Urban League Ashtabula County Catholic Charities, Diocese of Youngstown City of Akron City of Cleveland City of Youngstown Cleveland Museum of Natural History Cleveland State University Cuyahoga County Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority Eastgate Regional Council of Governments Fund for Our Economic Future Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Lorain County Growth Partnership Mahoning County Northeast Ohio Community Development Alliance Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency Northeast Ohio Four County Regional Planning & Development Organization Policy Bridge Regional Prosperity Initiative Stark County Stark County Regional Planning Commission/ Stark County Area Transportation Study Summit County Summit County Health District Trumbull County

  12. Creating a Vibrant, Sustainable and Competitive Northeast Ohio

  13. ENVIRONMENTS Built Environment and Natural Systems Technical Work Stream Areas STRONG ECONOMIC BASE Community-Focused Economic Development Strategies COMMUNITIES Equitable Housing Access and Quality QUALITY CONNECTED PLACES Place Based Community Design and Integrated Capital Investment Strategies CONNECTIONS Regional Mobility and Transit Options DATA/GIS ENGAGEMENT

  14. Process ENGAGEMENT | ACTION + DATA GIS Platform

  15. Regional Sustainability Plan Identify and strengthen the linkages between:

  16. Further Develop the Regional Capacity to Plan • Scenarios: Demonstrate the long-term (10-40 year) land development impacts: • continued development patterns (with and without population growth) • compact development patterns (with and without population growth) • Framework: “Network of Networks” promoting interconnectivity of information and analysis

  17. Regional Sustainability Plan Support Land Use Patterns and Decision-Making Processes that support:

  18. Outcomes • COMMON GROUND AND CAPACITY FOR ACTION Development of Common Ground for Collaboration Development of Intellectual, Institutional and Community Capacity

  19. Coming together to create a vibrant, sustainable and competitive Northeast Ohio For more information:

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