This weeks #GOPCThread is devoted to sharing some of the many webinars GOPC has viewed over the past few months that we have found very worthwhile and helpful - especially in disseminating helpful information in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as it enters its second year.
Not on Twitter, the thread is available online, as well as below.
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This week is an inauspicious week as we mark one year of the COVID-19 pandemic, an event which has upended all aspects of life in Ohio. In person meetings and events ground to a halt, forcing things to shift online. #GOPCThread
Today, our #GOPCThread looks as some of the webinars we at GOPC have found especially helpful and informative over the past year, and think you will too.
The Fiscal Benefits of Smart Growth featured discussion on how land use regulations affect the cost of infrastructure and government services. Recording in link below #GOPCThread
Featuring speakers @SmartGrowthUSA @VERDUNITY @CommerceND and Arthur Nelson of #UArizona, this webinar highlights how dense, smart growth development pays for itself #GOPCThread
For another webinar related to financing strategies, check out @MiddleNhoods series on Updating Middle Neighborhoods Housing Stock to Appeal to Today’s Homebuyers #GOPCThread
We liked Part 2, which talked about home improvement lending and grant strategies to help creatively overcome the appraisal gap in middle-market neighborhoods #GOPCThread
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Curious about the future of real estate development & how the industry can adjust to disruptive trends? Then you’ll enjoy #RealEstateReset hosted by @BrookingsMetro #GOPCThread
Featuring panelists @SmartGrowthCEO @majoracarter and @Scott_SmithAZ this convo covers how changemakers can leverage the next market reset to address disruptive trends #GOPCThread
Get inspired to create positive change in Ohio by watching @smartgrowthorg’s What Does Equity in Smart Growth Really Mean; @SmartGrowthCEO & @andreperryedu discuss built environments & policies that have historically affected people of color #GOPCThread
Hear legacy city expert, @JasonSzegedi from the City of @AkronOhioMayor, and others discuss legacy cities’ assets, struggles, and opportunities on @NewUrbanism’s On the Park Bench: A Public Square Conversation webinar series: #GOPCThread
Join GOPC & attend @OSUCURA’s webinar, @StrongTowns with Charles Marohn tomorrow. Hear from the author on how Ohio’s legacy cities can leverage their assets to restore economic vitality & promote a socially just, sustainable community: #GOPCThread
Strong Towns with Charles Marohn - A Strengthening Legacy Cities Event
Ohio’s legacy cities have many highly-sought features such as dense, walkable centers, abundant and affordable housing and infrastructure, and closely-knit communities and skilled workers from their industrial past and immigration history. How can legacy cities leverage these assets to restore their economic vitality while promoting a socially just and sustainable communities?
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CDFI @Cinnaire hosts this podcast featuring Gary Cunningham @prosperitynow, a national coalition of African American CDFIs, who discusses the racial wealth divide and CDFI strategies tackling it #GOPCThread
Advancing Communities: Advancing Communities Podcast | Prosperity Now (click image for link)
@Cinnaire hosted post-election discussion considering what federal changes may be coming for affordable housing and community development. They discuss CRA, LIHTC, and NMTCs #GOPCThread
Advancing Communities: Advancing Communities Podcast | Post-Election Outlook (click image for link)
The pandemic has not been easy for anyone, particularly for people with substance disorders. A webinar from @OVRDC gives the “101” on recovery housing types & highlights how secure, stable & supportive housing can turn people’s lives around #GOPCThread
Ohio Valley Recovery Housing Summit | Day 1 (click image for link)
Ohio Valley Recovery Housing Summit | Day 2 (click image for link)
. @AlisonGoebelOH found a webinar by Lisa Brauner about re-opening workplaces during COVID especially helpful in the early months when we were trying to re-open. While GOPC is still WFH, Ms. Brauner’s advice and updates continue to be useful #GOPCThread
A webinar in April 2020 by @SmartGrowthUSA about their Emergency Stabilization & Economic Recovery Recommendations showed how important smart growth investments in places and people would be to relief and recovery from the pandemic #GOPCThread
Emergency Stabalization & Economic Recovery Recommendations | Smart Growth America (click image for link)
A webinar with @NatlResourceNet showcased #Ohio-based city managers who effectively pivoted with the pandemic and continued to advance community priorities. Thx @ericwobser, @Joshua45011 for your insights #GOPCThread
@CProgressNews hosted a webinar mid-pandemic for policymakers to thoughtfully consider the impact the pandemic will have on middle NBHDs. It provided an insightful look at a range of issues & their direct/indirect effects on neighborhoods #GOPCThread
GOPC has hosted our own series of webinars, from our recent series w/ @LandPolicy, to our own as we highlighted our public policy platform and Ohio’s new #Brownfield BFPD law. You can view all of our webinars on our website #GOPCThread
Webinars | Greater Ohio Policy Center (click image for link)
Thank you to all of the groups who have organized these webinars and made them available throughout the pandemic. And please share any webinars you have found helpful that we can share them with a wider audience #GOPCThread #ThankYou
