Recently, the cities of Akron and Cleveland announced that pilot programs begun in 2022 will be expanded to other residential neighborhoods in their communities.
Deadline Approaching for Communities to Present Capital Budget Funding Requests
11 Principles for Maximizing Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act Funding Opportunities
As newly appropriated funds start flowing, GOPC has once again prepared principles to help ODOT, MPOs and Ohio’s legacy cities and communities fully utilize from these dollars.
Bipartisan Infrastructure Legislation Enacted – Here’s What’s Included
#GOPCThread: Feds Focus on Transportation Infrastructure As Next Big Investment Strategy
The American Jobs Plan: GOPCs Thoughts on the Federal Proposal
NOACA Board of Directors adopts new criteria for funding highway interchanges focused on regional impacts and racial equity
Last week, the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) officially adopted a new policy to govern evaluations for new or modified highway interchange projects. The new policy dictates a deeper level of analysis for interchange projects, applying a regional lens to evaluate the costs and benefits of each projects. NOACA is the first MPO in the state to require this level of analysis for proposed highway interchange projects.
#GOPCThread: Taking a look at GOPCs Public Policy Platform & 2020 Candidate Questions
GOPC Updates Policy Platform, Shares Questions for Candidates at State, Federal Level
How Massachusetts Supports Projects that Advance Housing & Economic Development Goals
The Greater Ohio Policy Center (GOPC), in partnership with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, has been studying how states can utilize smart growth policies to better support legacy cities. GOPC identified the MassWorks Infrastructure Program as an example of how state government can fund local public projects to address infrastructure needs, while also spurring economic activity and the production of critical housing options—all of which contribute to legacy city revitalization.