Our Services
Greater Ohio Policy Center (GOPC) partners with local governments, non-profits, philanthropy, businesses, and others to improve Ohio communities.
To download information about our services, including our comprehensive housing market assessment analysis work, please use these PDF documents or contact us directly below.
policy research, analysis & Advancement
GOPC shares workable best practices for housing, community development, transportation, and more from peer cities and states and conducts in-depth policy analyses to identify regulatory reforms and funding sources for programs that promote vibrant communities in Ohio. Additionally, GOPC serves as a liaison to state policymakers, advocating for policies to strengthen Ohio and providing information to local leaders regarding policy under discussion among lawmakers and the administration at the Statehouse.
Recent Example: Analyzing the Impacts of Repealing Emergency Municipal Income Tax Provisions (2020)
community assessments & Recommendations
GOPC collects and analyzes data to explore how communities—small and large—are faring. These reports pair quantitative data analyses with stakeholder interviews and qualitative research to provide a holistic picture of community vitality and future growth opportunities. These assessments recommendations for addressing gaps and strengthening current community efforts.
Recent Example: Positioning Milo-Grogan for Success: Assessing Neighborhood Conditions And Building A Platform For Inclusive Growth (2019)
Stakeholder engagement & network convening
GOPC builds relationships and engages stakeholders to collect public input, share information, support local programs, and tackle policy challenges. Additionally, GOPC convenes networks of professionals with shared goals to facilitate relationships and peer-learning opportunities that connect communities, projects, and organizations for a more significant impact in Ohio.
Recent Example: See our Communities of Practice (below)
housing Assessments & recommendations
GOPC conducts in-depth analyses of communities’ existing market-rate and affordable housing markets to develop recommendations that guide community leaders in implementing thoughtful policies and strategies to address residents’ housing needs and strengthen neighborhood market conditions.
Recent Example: Redeveloping In The Comeback City: A Comprehensive Housing Market Analysis For Portsmouth, OH (2021)
strategic planning
GOPC facilitates strategic planning processes to assist organizations in taking a step back, reflect on past successes and future goals, and chartering a path forward. These processes help organizations’ boards and leadership develop shared missions, goals, tactics, and metrics for progress tracking.
Recent Example: Facilitating Richland Co-Mansfield ARPA Advisory Committee (2022)
Program & Grant Evaluation
GOPC assesses existing efforts in Ohio to identify gaps in programming or policy to solve local and state challenges. GOPC also evaluates grant impacts by tracking their outcomes in Ohio through quantitative and qualitative data research. GOPC documents efforts’ successes and lessons learned through in-depth case studies and community impact reports that can be shared with funders, stakeholders, and the broader field.
Recent Example: Ohio Preservation Compact Community Impact Report (2021)
To view full versions of all our reports, please visit the Publications Page
Our Communities of Practice
Greater Ohio Policy Center believes collaboration and cooperation are fundamental in our work. That is why we work to build relationships and convene stakeholders to share information, support local programs, and tackle policy challenges through our various communities of practice.
Affordable Housing Learning Exchange
The Affordable Housing Learning Exchange shares strategies that preserve and expand housing options for low- and moderate-income Ohioans. Local practitioners from remarkably different regions approached GOPC to facilitate and steward a peer-learning forum in 2018.
Ohio CDFI Network
Maximum CDFI impact can be found when vibrant community institutions are present, like banks, competent real estate developers, supportive community groups, and dynamic business and city leaders. Ohio’s CDFIs have partnered with GOPC to steward and staff this peer-sharing network.
Reinvention Cities Network
Stewarded by the Greater Ohio Policy Center, the Reinvention Cities Network is working to identify, develop, and advocate for policy solutions. The network urges Ohio's state lawmakers to enact the policies outlined in the "Vision for Ohio's Reinvention Cities" to support their communities as they transition to be fully competitive in the 21st Century economy and provide opportunity for their residents to thrive.
Revitalization Steering Committee
The Ohio Revitalization Steering Committee is an advisory group that provides input to the Greater Ohio Policy Center on policies that will mitigate vacant and abandoned properties and generate marketable properties. These properties are the backbone for revitalized neighborhoods. Policy recommendations from the “RSC” disproportionately benefit low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.