Debate Begins Around Merit of Developing New Interstate Roadway Across Ohio

Debate Begins Around Merit of Developing New Interstate Roadway Across Ohio

Last spring, the Ohio General Assembly gave the greenlight to a $1.5 million feasibility study to investigate ways to site and fund a new interstate highway designed to connect Toledo to the Ohio River through Columbus. Greater Ohio Policy Center was one of the only groups to testify against the proposed study which was buried in the state transportation budget.

Updates to the Mahoning Valley Current Conditions Reports

Updates to the Mahoning Valley Current Conditions Reports

In light of recent additional analysis conducted by the Foundation, GOPC re-reviewed the reports and determined that using 2020 Census data did not give the best full picture of how the Mahoning Valley is performing across the selected indicators.

Institutional Real Estate Investors Continuing to Impact New Neighborhoods and Markets in Ohio

Institutional Real Estate Investors Continuing to Impact New Neighborhoods and Markets in Ohio

GOPC has been tracking the surge in so-called “institutional real estate investors” for the past several years. GOPC has been hearing about the increase of investors from members of the RSC, a multi-sector community that tracks on emerging issues that can accelerate property blight and neighborhood de-stabilization and develops state policy responses to mitigate harm.