Jason Warner

September 25, 2024

Ohio Community Spotlight

The Garden City of Parma is next to Feature in our Ohio Community Spotlight Series

Jason Warner

September 25, 2024

Ohio Community Spotlight

Each month, we feature an Ohio City on our #GOPCThread series, #OHCommunitySpotlight.

Jason Warner

September 24, 2024

Brownfields, 135th General Assembly

State Announces Over $16M in Additional Brownfield Grants

Jason Warner

September 24, 2024

Brownfields, 135th General Assembly

State Announces Over $16M in Additional Brownfield Grants

The Brownfield Remediation Program and the Building Demolition and Site Revitalization programs were both launched in 2021 and combined have invested nearly $1 billion in the clean-up, revitalization, and redevelopment of hundreds of blighted properties throughout the state of Ohio.

Jason Warner

September 17, 2024

Ohio General Assembly, 136th General Assembly

GOPC Releases Public Policy Agenda, Questions for Candidates ahead of 2024 Election

Jason Warner

September 17, 2024

Ohio General Assembly, 136th General Assembly

GOPC Releases Public Policy Agenda, Questions for Candidates ahead of 2024 Election

The Greater Ohio Policy Center (GOPC) is proud to share our latest public policy agenda, Responsible Growth, Sustained Prosperity.

Casey Terry

September 3, 2024

Legacy Cities, Housing

Challenges to Developing Housing in Legacy Cities

Casey Terry

September 3, 2024

Legacy Cities, Housing

Challenges to Developing Housing in Legacy Cities

There are many factors that make development in legacy cities more risky than in newer suburbs, many of which are outside a city’s control.

Jahvene Davis

August 28, 2024

Ohio Community Spotlight

Visiting the Heart of the Hocking Hills in Logan, next in our Ohio Community Spotlight

Jahvene Davis

August 28, 2024

Ohio Community Spotlight

Each month, we feature an Ohio City on our #GOPCThread series, #OHCommunitySpotlight.

Casey Terry

August 27, 2024

Housing

Heirs’ Properties in Ohio

Casey Terry

August 27, 2024

Housing

Heirs' property refers to property that has passed to family members by inheritance but has not gone through probate court to determine who legally owns the property... leading to properties falling into disrepair and complicated title issues to untangle if one of the owners wishes to renovate the property.

Alison Goebel

August 20, 2024

Best Practices, Placemaking

From the Archives: Creating the Year-Round City

Alison Goebel

August 20, 2024

Best Practices, Placemaking

From the Archives: Creating the Year-Round City

In these hot summer days, it feels like winter will never arrive. But it will be here soon, and there’s plenty local governments, nonprofits, and small businesses can be thinking about now to make their cities vibrant places even in frigid dark days of January.

Jason Warner

August 13, 2024

Brownfields

State Announces More than $100M in Grants to Clean-Up 61 Brownfield Sites

Jason Warner

August 13, 2024

Brownfields

Greater Ohio Policy Center (GOPC) has been the leading advocate for dedicated funding for brownfield clean-up since the end of the Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund (CORF) in 2013.

Alison Goebel

August 6, 2024

Best Practices, Placemaking

Cleveland Heights Takes New Approach to Mall Site

Alison Goebel

August 6, 2024

Best Practices, Placemaking

Cleveland Heights Takes New Approach to Mall Site

“Dead malls” are a feature of many cities in Ohio and beyond. As we’ve periodically blogged and tweeted in the past, planners are looking for—and finding!—new uses that will re-activate these sites and put the land into its highest and best use.

Jason Warner

July 30, 2024

Transportation

GOPC Publishes Guide for Building Safer, More Vibrant Streets in Ohio

Jason Warner

July 30, 2024

Transportation

GOPC Publishes Guide for Building Safer, More Vibrant Streets in Ohio

How to Build Safe, Vibrant Streets in Ohio: A Guide for Non-Engineers Spotlights Six Ohio Communities Championing Active Transportation Projects for Safety and Economic Development

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