While fair land contracts have existed and do exist in Ohio, many more contracts exist that are predatory and exploit vulnerable families who are liable to lose the home they are attempting to buy.
The City of Newark Has Good Ideas!
Last month, we added a new page to our website that is a repository of good ideas and programs happening around Ohio. This month we have added the City of Newark’s Downtown Revitalization project to the list. This project is an excellent example of leveraging an otherwise traditional infrastructure project into a transformative placemaking opportunity and economic generator for the city by creatively designing the project to be eligible for multiple funding sources.
GOPC Attends JobsOhio Regional Board Meeting in Lima
Are Millennials giving up on Cities? Analysis of recent census data tends to overlook small and midsized cities
Regional Tax Sharing: An Old Idea to Benefit Ohio’s Future?
Last year, the state of Ohio created the Regional Economic Development Alliance Study Committee with the aim of studying the features, benefits, and challenges involved in establishing metropolitan economic development alliances that would incentivize cooperation, enhance success, and provide for greater efficiency in economic development among participating municipal corporations, namely in metropolitan areas.
GOPC Testifies in Support of Brownfield Regulatory Reform Legislation
HB168 incorporates into Ohio law the federal Bona Fide Purchaser Defense (BFPD) established under CERCLA, which provides prospective buyers of contaminated property with an option to establish a defense to environmental liability after completing the All Appropriate Inquires and proper due diligence.
