Creating a Vibrant, Sustainable and Competitive Northeast Ohio

Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium

• • • • In 2010 an organization of 23 public and private entities convened to develop a regional policy plan for a 12-county region in Northeast Ohio. Funded largely by a highly competitive, first of its kind, $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

Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium

– 12 county region 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, itself a consortium of Northeast Ohio foundations.

– Consortium members have pledged a total of $2.45 million in funds and in-kind match in the form of staff time and operating expense contributions.

Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium

Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority Akron Urban League City of Akron City of Canton City of Cleveland City of Elyria 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 Lorain County Growth Partnership Mahoning County Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency Northeast Ohio Four County Regional Planning & Development Organization Regional Prosperity Initiative Stark County Stark County Regional Planning Commission/ Stark County Area Transportation Study Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority Summit County Summit County Health District Trumbull County

Coming together to create a vibrant, sustainable and competitive Northeast Ohio

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

Work Plan Framework

ENVIRONMENTS Built

Environment and Natural Systems

STRONG ECONOMIC BASE

Community-Focused Economic Development Strategies

COMMUNITIES Equitable

Housing Access and Quality

CONNECTIONS Regional

Mobility and Transit Options

QUALITY CONNECTED

PLACES Place Based

Community Design and Integrated Capital Investment Strategies

DATA/GIS ENGAGEMENT

Regional Sustainability Plan

Support Land Use Patterns and Decision-Making Processes that support: Regionally-accessible employment centers Community-focused economic development Region-wide multi modal transportation alternatives Equitable hosing access and quality Reduced Vehicle Miles Travelled Collaborative regional initiatives Improved environmental quality

Regional Sustainability Plan

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

Further Develop the Regional Capacity to Plan

• Scenarios: Demonstrate the long term (10-40 year) land development impacts: – continued development patterns (with and without population growth) – compact development patterns (with and without population growth) Framework: “Network of Networks” promoting interconnectivity of information and analysis

Outcomes

Collaborative capacity

enabling local communities to develop collaborative solutions to the challenges they face.

Intellectual capacity

enabling NEO universities and intermediaries to provide better research and a deeper bench of young professional talent.

Institutional capacity

enabling MPOs and other critical actors to make better decisions.

Community capacity

enabling NEO to become more globally competitive, nationally attractive and socially equitable.

Outcomes

Collaborative capacity

enabling local communities to develop collaborative solutions to the challenges they face.

Intellectual capacity

enabling NEO universities and intermediaries to provide better research and a deeper bench of young professional talent.

Institutional capacity

enabling MPOs and other critical actors to make better decisions.

Community capacity

enabling NEO to become more globally competitive, nationally attractive and socially equitable.

Outcomes

Collaborative capacity

enabling local communities to develop collaborative solutions to the challenges they face.

Intellectual capacity

enabling NEO universities and intermediaries to provide better research and a deeper bench of young professional talent.

Institutional capacity

enabling MPOs and other critical actors to make better decisions.

Community capacity

enabling NEO to become more globally competitive, nationally attractive and socially equitable.

Outcomes

Collaborative capacity

enabling local communities to develop collaborative solutions to the challenges they face.

Intellectual capacity

enabling NEO universities and intermediaries to provide better research and a deeper bench of young professional talent.

Institutional capacity

enabling MPOs and other critical actors to make better decisions.

Community capacity

enabling NEO to become more globally competitive, nationally attractive and socially equitable.

Outcomes

Collaborative capacity

enabling local communities to develop collaborative solutions to the challenges they face.

Intellectual capacity

enabling NEO universities and intermediaries to provide better research and a deeper bench of young professional talent.

Institutional capacity

enabling MPOs and other critical actors to make better decisions.

Community capacity

enabling NEO to become more globally competitive, nationally attractive and socially equitable.

Coming together to create a vibrant, sustainable and competitive Northeast Ohio

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