This week is my last at GOPC before starting a new, exciting journey as a Senior Analyst focused on housing, communities, and asset building for the Social & Economic Policy Division at Abt Associates.
Euclid’s Economic Revitalization & Inclusive Outcomes Strategies Get Global Attention
When planning how to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, Euclid prioritized helping local families build wealth through businesses and supporting a thriving downtown. The City committed to implementing a twofold strategy: promote economic revitalization and inclusive outcomes by supporting local, Black- and Brown-owned, small-scale manufacturing businesses to contribute to “more energy and commerce to downtown”.
Linden Fresh Market Opens to Reduce Food Insecurity & Improve Residents’ Health
Linden Fresh Market intends to reduce food insecurity and improve residents’ health; it offers free food, medications, and other services for those living at or below 200% of the federal poverty level. CD4AP, the Charitable Pharmacy of Central Ohio, and Nationwide Children’s hospital run the location.
The 614 for Linden’s 1st Steps in Implementing Columbus’ One Linden Plan
Brookings’ Ideas for Strengthening Rural America: Leaning Into Already Impactful, Equitable Strategies
The Brookings Institute has released a report series, Building resilient rural places: Strategies from local leaders to strengthen rural assets, diversity, and dynamism, to refocus our attention on better understanding rural America and the “hyperlocal strategies” taking place to increase their growth and diversity.
GOPC Helps Montgomery County Land Bank Chart Its 3-Year Strategic Direction
Ohio’s Small Legacy Cities Win National Award for Excellence in Small Town and Rural Planning
The Network works to advocate for shared policy goals and to promote learning among cities statewide. Stewarded by the Greater Ohio Policy Center, RCN actively works to identify, develop, and advocate for policies that support small legacy city revitalization and help communities transition to be fully competitive in the 21st Century economy.
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.
Vermont's Better Connections Program: Helping Guide Legacy City Decision-Making & Transportation Investment
Insight2050 Corridor Concepts: Central Ohio’s Good Idea for Managing Population Growth
Insight2050 Corridor Concepts provides a proactive plan for population growth and development, over the next 30 years. The Central Ohio region is expected to grow by nearly one million new residents by the year 2050; this study examined current and future development patterns and offered specific strategies for absorbing much of the projected new population.