January 7, 2009 – 1:10 pm
Happy New Year from Greater Ohio!
2009 has great potential for the Restoring Prosperity to Ohio Initiative and exciting events are already occurring. One is the announcement from the Ohio Speaker of the House, Armond Budish, which pushes for regionalism in Ohio. Regional collaboration and governance is a major focus of the Restoring Prosperity Initiative and we are excited to work with legislators and Ohio leaders to put this into practice. Read the full article for more information.
We would also like to hear your thoughts on this new proposal. Is regional collaboration a possibility in Ohio? What are the major obstables to its implementation? Are there examples of this already occuring?
December 22, 2008 – 9:10 am
Cleveland, Ohio planners are approve guidelines to help the city cope with its significant number of vacant and abandon properties. “Re-Imagining a More Sustainable Cleveland,” is a 36-page policy statement, which puts environmental science on a par with economics in the city’s approach to vacant and abandoned properties. Read the full article at the
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
December 18, 2008 – 6:49 pm
As we advance the Restoring Prosperity initiative, it is vital that we address concerns and receive feedback on our proposals to restore Ohio. As you may know, the initiative designates four policy areas that drive prosperity: Human Capital, Infrastructure, Innovation, and Quality Place. However, before we can focus on these four policy areas, we need to remember why we are doing this in the first place…because Ohio is a great state!
So the question is: what can we do to change the negative attitudes which pervade the state and restore a sense of pride in Ohio and its communities?
December 18, 2008 – 11:33 am
Greater Ohio’s Co-Director, Gene Krebs, ventures to
TMACOG in Toledo, Ohio to discuss how to move from crisis mitigation mode to long term stability, and fiscal planning including building the cost of maintenance into the cost of new development.
Visit the Glass City Jungle Blog to read more
Are you interested in having Greater Ohio speak to your organization. Contact Ann Seller, Greater Ohio’s Project Coordinator for more information (614.258.6200 or aseller(at)greaterohio(dot)org).
December 17, 2008 – 10:27 am
The Corra Daily Planet Blog highlights
A Tale of Seven Cities, a new book written by Adam Smith, an academic from the London School of Economics. The book tells how seven older European cities revived and restructured, after the catastrophic downturn in the seventies and eighties and claims that there are lessons to be learned from these examples which are applicable to a cities around the world.
Greater Ohio requested several copies of the book and is using these stories to create hope for a brighter economic future in Ohio.
Read more about A Tale of Seven Cities on the Cora Daily Planet blog.
December 16, 2008 – 8:00 am
The Columbus Dispatch article, Time for cities to try teamwork: Dramatic annexation slowdown gives central Ohio a chance for better planning, discusses new ideas for revitalizing Ohio’s economy.
Read the article.
December 15, 2008 – 11:26 am
The blog, Cleveburgh Diaspora, by Jim Russell, discusses the
London School of Economics (LSE) report detailing how 7 European cities “survived the destruction of manufacturing and the 1980s recessions to reinvent themselves as centres of innovation and inspiration” and how Greater Ohio is using them for inspirtation. Read the post
December 15, 2008 – 11:18 am
Ohio’s Statehouse News Bureau reporter, Jo Ingle, talks with Greater Ohio’s Lavea Brachman and other Ohio leaders about efforts to save foreclosures. Listen to the report,
Exasperated homeowners and desperate officials beg for land bank to save foreclosure-torn cities.
December 12, 2008 – 8:00 am
Greater Ohio’s Gene Krebs and Ann Seller discuss what is happening with the State budget and how Restoring Prosperity to Ohio addresses the cuts being made.
December 11, 2008 – 8:00 am
Greater Ohio’s Gene Krebs and Katherine Buckingham discuss Ohio House Bill 420, which relates to the creation of a state database.
