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Good Ideas: Youngstown’s SMART2 Network Improves Downtown Infrastructure for Today’s People and Places

Good Ideas: Youngstown’s SMART2 Network Improves Downtown Infrastructure for Today’s People and Places

The SMART2 project is stabilizing Youngstown’s core and bringing activity back to downtown. Upon completion, the city will move its attention to the corridors that stretch into Youngstown’s neighborhoods.

Good Ideas: I.D.E.A. Troy promote Inclusion, Diversity and Equity within the city of Troy

Good Ideas: I.D.E.A. Troy promote Inclusion, Diversity and Equity within the city of Troy

I.D.E.A. Troy is a donor-advised fund organized by the Troy Foundation to, a predominantly white community 19 miles north of Dayton.  The goal of I.D.E.A. Troy is to work towards racial equity by sponsoring engaging community events that provide opportunities to learn about non-white American history.

Good Ideas! Gem City Market

Good Ideas! Gem City Market

The market opened in May 2021 with over 3,200 member-owners, showcasing a strong investment from the community as well as a slow yet steady gain of momentum for the project. Gem City Market was recognized for its service to the community and presented the 2022 Irv Bieser Peace Award by the Dayton Rotary in September, and in November, the founders of the Gem City Market also won the NAACP’s President’s Award.

Improving Measures of Equity: The Affordable Housing Trust's Good Idea

Improving Measures of Equity: The Affordable Housing Trust's Good Idea

The self-audit at AHT was spurred by fervent racial justice movements across America as well as AHT’s deep understanding of the long history of racism in America housing policy and the essential role of reliable housing and safe neighborhoods in conveying opportunity to residents.

Springfield Housing Solutions Consortium: The City's Good Idea to Address Housing through Community Collaboration

Springfield Housing Solutions Consortium: The City's Good Idea to Address Housing through Community Collaboration

The Springfield Housing Solutions Consortium is a group of leaders from public, private, philanthropic, and financial sectors who are working together to address the City of Springfield’s housing needs – an issue area recognized by leaders in many sectors as the crucial missing piece for Springfield.

Insight2050 Corridor Concepts: Central Ohio’s Good Idea for Managing Population Growth

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.

Good Idea for Affordable Housing & Transportation: Detroit Shoreway CDO & Greater Cleveland RTA’s Aspen Place Partnership

Good Idea for Affordable Housing & Transportation: Detroit Shoreway CDO & Greater Cleveland RTA’s Aspen Place Partnership

Launching a trailblazing collaboration, the Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization (DSCDO) and Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) joined forces to provide transportation options to the transit-oriented development (TOD) project, Aspen Place.