Restoring Prosperity
The Greater Ohio Policy Center Blog
Yesterday, Greater Ohio Policy Center received the prestigious William J. Graves Ohio Housing Excellence Award at the Ohio Housing Conference. The award was given by Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing and the Ohio Housing Finance Agency in recognition of our work to strengthen Ohio’s communities; provide safe, affordable housing for low- to moderate-income families; and offer critical resources to the state of Ohio to prevent and end homelessness.
Skeletons, ghosts, and other things that go bump in the night; the month of October is full of scenes that call back to childhood fears and superstitions. Staff at GOPC are afraid of conventional things, like clowns and chainsaw killers, but few things keep the office up at night more than poorly designed streets.
Last week, Cleveland Development Advisors (CDA), an affiliate of the Greater Cleveland Partnership, announced they were the recipients of a $5 million grant from JPMorgan Chase to support development in the Cleveland neighborhoods of Clark-Fulton, Glenville, Buckeye-Kinsman, and their immediately surrounding areas. CDA has contributed a further $3.75 million to the project, taking the total commitment for the project to nearly $9 million.
Recently, conversations around the need for a property tax relief program in Ohio’s cities have become more urgent. GOPC has scanned different ways communities can lessen the burden on rapidly rising property values on long-time residents. GOPC is currently researching programs, or components of programs, which could be applicable in Ohio.
The Greater Ohio Policy Center (GOPC) announced in 2019 that it would be partnering with the National Resource Network, Arnold Ventures, and the Just Transition Fund to create the Ohio State Resource Network (OSRN).
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.
