Last summer, GOPC released our new public policy agenda, Reflect and Refocus: Furthering Resilient Communities. As the 135th Ohio General Assembly gets underway today with the swearing in of the new legislators, we are once again sharing our policy priorities for the next two years.

Next week, GOPC will host a webinar outlining the full policy platform. Click here in order to register for the 2023-24 Public Policy Webinar.

During our legislative briefing at the 2022 Greater Ohio Summit, GOPC released our 2023-24 public policy platform, Reflect & Refocus: Furthering Resilient Communities. Resilient communities are able to withstand and recover quickly from difficult conditions. Ohio has hundreds of cities, villages, counties, and townships that have weathered economic recessions, natural disasters, and, other major challenges, emerging changed, but formidable.

The Greater Ohio Policy Center’s 2023-2024 public policy agenda calls for state policy changes that will strengthen communities’ resiliency through revitalization and sustainable development. This platform channels advocacy successes achieved in the past two General Assemblies, and introduces policy recommendations that are grounded in data and our deep expertise in legacy cities.

This platform looks to state-specific funding sources, as well as the American Rescue Plan (ARPA) and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). The federal funds, in particular, are once-in-a-generation opportunities to make the investment needed to maintain strong legacy cities and rural areas.

You can read more about the policy platform by reviewing the Legislative Briefing Power Point presentation which was shared during the Summit.

Lawmakers remain on recess, and are not expected to return to Columbus until after the 2022 General Election on November 8. For an update on current legislation that is pending before the General Assembly and could be enacted before the end of the year, be sure to visit our bill tracker page.