On May 31, the Ohio EPA filed the state’s Beneficiary Mitigation Plan with the VW Settlement Trustee. The plan is now posted online, along with the public comments that were received this past winter.
GOPC shares Insight on Reinvention Cities at Ball State Conference
Bipartisan, Multi-Sector Network of Small Legacy City Leaders Release A Vision for Ohio’s Reinvention Cities
Ohio’s Affordable Housing Advocates Share Latest Local Initiatives at Second Learning Exchange
This past April, Greater Ohio Policy Center (GOPC) convened a second statewide affordable housing learning exchange at the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) offices. Affordable housing practitioners and advocates from Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Toledo discussed local housing challenges and identified successful initiatives to build on.
The Real Story of Hamilton, OH
In his recent post on Urbanophile.com titled “Bribing People to Move to Your City”, blogger Aaron M. Renn discusses the Hamilton, Ohio’s incentive program to attract talent to their city. Unfortunately, it seems Mr. Renn did not take the time to properly understand the full context of this policy and in doing so misses the tremendous amount of work Hamilton’s leaders have put towards revitalizing their urban core and renewing the community’s economic prospects.
GOPC Tours Worcester, MA
Earlier this month, I had the honor of joining the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy’s board and senior staff on a day trip to Worcester. LILP has been a long-time partner of GOPC’s and most recently published Regenerating America’s Smaller Legacy Cities, a policy focus report written by Torey Hollingsworth and myself.
GOPC Launches Online Toolkit for Smaller Legacy City Revitalization
General Assembly Passed HB122; includes recommended changes by GOPC
Last week, the Ohio legislature gave final approval to House Bill 122, a bill sponsored by Representatives Steve Hambley (R-Brunswick) and John Rogers (D-Mentor-on-the-Lake) which establish the Regional Economic Development Alliance Study Committee to review the benefits and challenges involved in creating regional economic development alliances.
