creating a vibrant, sustainable and competitive northeast ohio
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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.
• 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
– 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.
Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium
Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation StudyAkron Metropolitan Housing AuthorityAkron Urban LeagueCity of AkronCity of CantonCity of ClevelandCity of ElyriaCity of YoungstownCleveland Museum of Natural HistoryCleveland State UniversityCuyahoga CountyCuyahoga Metropolitan Housing AuthorityEastgate Regional Council of GovernmentsFund for Our Economic Future
Lorain County Growth PartnershipMahoning CountyNortheast Ohio Areawide Coordinating AgencyNortheast Ohio Four County Regional Planning & Development OrganizationRegional Prosperity InitiativeStark CountyStark County Regional Planning Commission/Stark County Area Transportation StudyStark Metropolitan Housing AuthoritySummit CountySummit County Health DistrictTrumbull County
Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium
Coming together to create a vibrant, sustainable and
competitive Northeast Ohio
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
Work Plan Framework
STRONG ECONOMIC BASE Community-Focused
Economic Development Strategies
COMMUNITIES Equitable Housing Access and Quality
ENVIRONMENTS Built Environment and Natural
Systems
CONNECTIONS Regional Mobility and Transit Options
QUALITY CONNECTED PLACES Place Based
Community Design and Integrated Capital Investment
Strategies
ENGAGEMENT
DATA/GIS
Regional Sustainability PlanSupport Land Use Patterns and Decision-Making Processes that support:
Regionally-accessible employment centers
Region-wide multi-modal transportation alternatives
Reduced Vehicle Miles Travelled
Improved environmental qualityCollaborative regional initiatives
Equitable hosing access and quality
Community-focused economic development
Regional Sustainability PlanIdentify and strengthen the linkages between:
Land Use
Transportation
Natural Environmen
ts
– continued development patterns (with and without population growth)
– compact development patterns (with and without population growth)
Further Develop the Regional Capacity to Plan
• Scenarios: Demonstrate the long-term (10-40 year) land development impacts:
Framework: “Network of Networks” promoting interconnectivity of information and analysis
Collaborative capacity enabling local communities
to develop collaborative solutions to the challenges
they face.
Intellectual capacity enabling NEO universities and
intermediaries to provide better research and a deeper bench of young professional
talent.
Institutional capacity enabling MPOs and
other critical actors to make better decisions.
Community capacity enabling NEO to become
more globally competitive, nationally attractive and
socially equitable.
Outcomes
Collaborative capacity enabling local communities
to develop collaborative solutions to the challenges
they face.
Intellectual capacity enabling NEO universities and
intermediaries to provide better research and a deeper bench of young professional
talent.
Institutional capacity enabling MPOs and
other critical actors to make better decisions.
Community capacity enabling NEO to become
more globally competitive, nationally attractive and
socially equitable.
Outcomes
Collaborative capacity enabling local communities
to develop collaborative solutions to the challenges
they face.
Intellectual capacity enabling NEO universities and
intermediaries to provide better research and a deeper bench of young professional
talent.
Institutional capacity enabling MPOs and
other critical actors to make better decisions.
Community capacity enabling NEO to become
more globally competitive, nationally attractive and
socially equitable.
Outcomes
Collaborative capacity enabling local communities
to develop collaborative solutions to the challenges
they face.
Intellectual capacity enabling NEO universities and
intermediaries to provide better research and a deeper bench of young professional
talent.
Institutional capacity enabling MPOs and
other critical actors to make better decisions.
Community capacity enabling NEO to become
more globally competitive, nationally attractive and
socially equitable.
Outcomes
Collaborative capacity enabling local communities
to develop collaborative solutions to the challenges
they face.
Intellectual capacity enabling NEO universities and
intermediaries to provide better research and a deeper bench of young professional
talent.
Institutional capacity enabling MPOs and
other critical actors to make better decisions.
Community capacity enabling NEO to become
more globally competitive, nationally attractive and
socially equitable.
Outcomes
Coming together to create a vibrant, sustainable and competitive
Northeast Ohio
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