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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. In 2010 an organization of 23 public and private entities convened to develop a regional policy plan for a 12-county region in Northeast Ohio.

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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 • In 2010 an organization of 23 public and private entities convened to develop a regional policy plan for a 12-county region in Northeast Ohio. • Funded largely by a highly competitive, first of its kind, $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

  3. Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium • 12 county region 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, itself a consortium of Northeast Ohio foundations. • Consortium members have pledged a total of $2.45 million in funds and in-kind match in the form of staff time and operating expense contributions.

  4. Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority Akron Urban League City of Akron City of Canton City of Cleveland City of Elyria 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 Lorain County Growth Partnership Mahoning County Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency Northeast Ohio Four County Regional Planning & Development Organization Regional Prosperity Initiative Stark County Stark County Regional Planning Commission/ Stark County Area Transportation Study Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority Summit County Summit County Health District Trumbull County

  5. Coming together to create a vibrant, sustainable and competitive Northeast Ohio

  6. 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

  7. ENVIRONMENTS Built Environment and Natural Systems Work Plan Framework 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

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

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

  10. 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

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

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