Legacy Cities

GOPC Presents at Eastgate Council of Governments Annual Meeting in Youngstown

GOPC Presents at Eastgate Council of Governments Annual Meeting in Youngstown

Hollingsworth presented on GOPC’s research into revitalization opportunities for Ohio’s older industrial cities with smaller populations – like Youngstown and Warren. She focused in on two factors that GOPC’s research has shown makes the biggest difference for revitalization in these places: strong civic infrastructure and quality of place.

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2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Establishes “Opportunity Zones” Program to Invest in Low-Income Communities

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2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Establishes “Opportunity Zones” Program to Invest in Low-Income Communities

The Opportunity Zones program was created through the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, and is designed to be an economic tool that brings long-term investments in low-income communities. GOPC has put together a Q&A to shed light on this newly established program.

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Greater Ohio Policy Center Unveils 2018 Public Policy Platform

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The past decade has seen considerable progress as job growth has remained steady and communities across the state have experienced promising comebacks. 

Greater Ohio Policy Center Co-Hosts Roundtable on Civic Capacity in Dayton

Last week, Greater Ohio Policy center hosted a roundtable in conjunction with the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy in Dayton, Ohio. GOPC and LILP gathered practitioners, government officials, and researchers together to discuss the challenges of building civic capacity in America’s smaller legacy cities.

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