Each month, we feature an Ohio city as part of our Ohio Community Spotlight series.
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.
GOPC Publishes Analysis of the Brownfield Remediation Program Impact Since 2021
GOPC Attends the 2025 National Brownfields Conference in Chicago
Updates to the Mahoning Valley Current Conditions Reports
U.S. Senate Committee Advances Bipartisan Housing Bill
Ohio Community Spotlight: "Someplace Special" Ashland, Ohio
From the Archives: The Cause and Effect of Road Design and Vehicle Collisions
A couple years back, GOPC was inspired to write a blog post regarding the cause and effect of road design that was causing a surge in motor vehicles crashing into buildings around the greater Columbus area. Some two and a half years later, this remains a big problem in Ohio’s capital city.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act and Community Development Tools
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.