The Restoring Prosperity Blog, brought to you by Greater Ohio, is the first step in utilizing better technology to spread the message about the Restoring Prosperity to Ohio initiative. The blog is intended to keep people up-to-date on legislative, research and outreach activities conducted by Greater Ohio. It will also act as a community forum through which cities throughout Ohio can contribute feedback on the Restoring Prosperity legislative agenda, communicate with other cities to identify best practices, and propose new outreach activities and research. We encourage you to check the site for daily updates and welcome your comments.
Cities take action to redevelop
December 22, 2008 – 9:10 am
Cleveland, Ohio planners are approve guidelines to help the city cope with its significant number of vacant and abandon properties. “Re-Imagining a More Sustainable Cleveland,” is a 36-page policy statement, which puts environmental science on a par with economics in the city’s approach to vacant and abandoned properties. Read the full article at the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
How do we Restore a sense of pride in Ohio?
December 18, 2008 – 6:49 pm
As we advance the Restoring Prosperity initiative, it is vital that we address concerns and receive feedback on our proposals to restore Ohio. As you may know, the initiative designates four policy areas that drive prosperity: Human Capital, Infrastructure, Innovation, and Quality Place. However, before we can focus on these four policy areas, we need to remember why we are doing this in the first place…because Ohio is a great state!
So the question is: what can we do to change the negative attitudes which pervade the state and restore a sense of pride in Ohio and its communities?
Toledo talks about sustainable Planning
December 18, 2008 – 11:33 am
Greater Ohio’s Co-Director, Gene Krebs, ventures to TMACOG in Toledo, Ohio to discuss how to move from crisis mitigation mode to long term stability, and fiscal planning including building the cost of maintenance into the cost of new development. Visit the Glass City Jungle Blog to read more
Are you interested in having Greater Ohio speak to your organization. Contact Ann Seller, Greater Ohio’s Project Coordinator for more information (614.258.6200 or aseller(at)greaterohio(dot)org).
Reinventing Cities- A worldwide phenomenon
December 17, 2008 – 10:27 am
The Corra Daily Planet Blog highlights A Tale of Seven Cities, a new book written by Adam Smith, an academic from the London School of Economics. The book tells how seven older European cities revived and restructured, after the catastrophic downturn in the seventies and eighties and claims that there are lessons to be learned from these examples which are applicable to a cities around the world.
Greater Ohio requested several copies of the book and is using these stories to create hope for a brighter economic future in Ohio.
Read more about A Tale of Seven Cities on the Cora Daily Planet blog.
Greater Ohio pushes for teamwork between Ohio’s communities
December 16, 2008 – 8:00 am
The Columbus Dispatch article, Time for cities to try teamwork: Dramatic annexation slowdown gives central Ohio a chance for better planning, discusses new ideas for revitalizing Ohio’s economy. Read the article.
Cleveburgh Diaspora discusses a Revitalized Cities report
December 15, 2008 – 11:26 am
The blog, Cleveburgh Diaspora, by Jim Russell, discusses the London School of Economics (LSE) report detailing how 7 European cities “survived the destruction of manufacturing and the 1980s recessions to reinvent themselves as centres of innovation and inspiration” and how Greater Ohio is using them for inspirtation. Read the post
Land Bank Legislation in Ohio
December 15, 2008 – 11:18 am
Ohio’s Statehouse News Bureau reporter, Jo Ingle, talks with Greater Ohio’s Lavea Brachman and other Ohio leaders about efforts to save foreclosures. Listen to the report, Exasperated homeowners and desperate officials beg for land bank to save foreclosure-torn cities.
The Status of Ohio’s State Budget
December 12, 2008 – 8:00 am
Greater Ohio’s Gene Krebs and Ann Seller discuss what is happening with the State budget and how Restoring Prosperity to Ohio addresses the cuts being made.
Legislative Successes for the Restoring Prosperity to Ohio
December 11, 2008 – 8:00 am
Greater Ohio’s Gene Krebs and Katherine Buckingham discuss Ohio House Bill 420, which relates to the creation of a state database.
Meet Greater Ohio’s Co-Director
December 10, 2008 – 8:00 am
Meet Gene Krebs, Co-Director of Greater Ohio
