Creating a Vibrant, Sustainable and Competitive Northeast Ohio

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.

Creating a Vibrant, Sustainable and Competitive Northeast Ohio W HY N OW ?

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

NEO Urbanized Area

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”

Genuine Progress Indicator

October 2011 Trends/Challenges Economic Impacts Equity Impacts Environmental Impacts Q UALITY OF L IFE R EGIONAL C OMPETITIVENESS L ONG TERM R ESILIENCY & S USTAINABILITY

Creating a Vibrant, Sustainable and Competitive Northeast Ohio W HY T OGETHER ?

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

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 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 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 Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium

C REATING A V IBRANT, S USTAINABLE AND C OMPETITIVE N ORTHEAST O HIO

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

Process What do we have? Existing Conditions Regional Trends and Issues What do we want? Framing the Vision Regional Issues, Goals and Policies How do we get it? Framing the Regional Plan Regional Sustainability Plan & Tool kit ENGAGEMENT | ACTION + DATA GIS Platform

Regional Sustainability Plan Identify and strengthen the linkages between: Land Use Transportation Natural Environments

– 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

Regional Sustainability Plan Support 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 quality Collaborative regional initiatives Equitable housing access and quality Community-focused economic development

Outcomes What do we have? What do we want? How do we get there? Regional Sustainability Plan & Tool kit Development of Common Ground for Collaboration Development of Intellectual, Institutional and Community Capacity Development of Intellectual, Institutional and Community Capacity COMMON GROUND AND CAPACITY FOR ACTION

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