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Dawn Larzelere
November 18, 2010
Greater Ohio Policy Center
Restoring Prosperity to Springfield
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Greater Ohio Policy Center
• Ohio’s “smart growth” organization
• Promote – through research, public education and grassroots advocacy – public policy to grow Ohio’s economy and improve the quality of life through intelligent land use
• Non-partisan, non-profit, foundation-funded
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Background to Restoring Prosperity
3 year partnership
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Restoring Prosperity’s Findings
• Ohio and Springfield Can Compete in the “next economy”
– Driven by lower-carbon energy sources
– Export-oriented
– Innovation-led
• Metropolitan regions, which fully encompass urban, suburban and rural, and their assets will drive the next economy.
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Ohio and the Next Economy
Found that Ohio has emerging or existing strengths in each of these hallmarks
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Data Shows Ohio is Metro-led
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100%Metro vs. Non-Metro Shares
Metro
Non-Metro
State Population Jobs in Ohio State GDP
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Springfield is Metro-led
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Springfield has a large role in regional economies
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Status Quo will Undercut Ohio’s Economic Competitiveness
• Ohio can compete but must make significant changes
• The fiscal and housing crises of the Great Recession have been a wakeup call to state and local leaders
• They have led to unparalleled opportunity to press for transformative state-level actions our cities need
• Time to Act is Now
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Restoring Prosperity: Transition to the Next Economy
1. Build on prosperity driving assets that concentrate in metropolitan areas
-Innovation
-Human Capitol
-Infrastructure
-Quality Places
2. Transform governance while encouraging regionalism
3. Engage Federal Government
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Restoring Prosperity Agenda
• 39 policy recommendations as a blueprint to catalyze Ohio’s transition:
– 16 focusing on building on metro assets
– 13 focusing on state and local governance reform/regionalism
– 10 Focusing on engaging federal government
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Build on Assets: Innovation
Springfield Region’s strengths:
• Food distribution
• Insurance
• Support services
• Manufacturing
• Technology and Aerospace
• Easy access to other major markets
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Build on Assets: Innovation
Recommendations– Significantly expand the state advanced
manufacturing network
– Create micro-investment funds
– Find creative funding for innovation-based economic development
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Build on Assets: Human Capital
Springfield’s Strength:
• 80 colleges, universities and institutes within a 90 minute (70 mile) drive of Springfield with 280,000 students.
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Build on Assets: Human Capital
Recommendations – Support Workforce Intermediaries across the state
to better link workforce training and employers
– Raise the number of Ohioans earning non-degree workforce certificates
– Retain graduates or attract them back
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Build on Assets: Infrastructure
Springfield Region’s Strength:
• Interstate 70 and proximity to I-75
• State Route 40 and 68
• Springfield-Beckley
Airport
• Valuable Water
Source
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Housing Cost -% to income Housing & Transportation -% to income
Data Not Available
Less than 30%
30% and Greater
Data Not Available
Less than 45%
45% and Greater
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Build on Assets: Infrastructure
Recommendations
– Change infrastructure funding to allow all modes of transportation more equity in financing; consider using a return on investment model
– Elevate “Fix it First” as central principle guiding investment decisions in highway spending
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Build on Assets: Quality Places
Springfield Region’s Strengths:
• Mad River
• Historic Places such as Westcott House
• New Regional Medical Center
• Springfield Center City
Association
• Turner Foundation
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Build on Assets: Quality Places
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Build on Assets: Quality Places
Recommendations
– Anchor Institution Innovation Zone
– Modernize Ohio’s planning statutes
– Targeted neighborhood revitalization strategies
– Foreclosure prevention and correction package
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Governance Reform
Recommendations (Local Government)
– Create a commission to study costs of local government and realign state and local funding
– Change state law to make local tax sharing permissive
– Support creation of regional business plans
– Incent government collaboration
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Governance Reform
Recommendations (School Districts) – Make costs of school district administration
transparent through publication in the district’s Report Card.
– Push school districts to enter more aggressive shared services agreements
– Cut the number of Ohio’s school districts
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Governance Reform
Recommendations (State Government)
– Align state programs to reinforce state and local investments
– Create Community Development Action Teams(CDAT)
– Align state economic development programs with metro boundaries
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Engage the Federal Government:Shape approach to Ohio
Shape federal policymakers approach to Ohio– Redefine Sustainability: Put unique needs of
places not growing on the sustainability agenda
– Support a cross-agency policy agenda to assist auto communities
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Engage the Federal Government: Compete for Federal Funds
Position Ohio Cities to Compete for Federal Funds– Take advantage of federal support for business
clusters
– Funding likely to have a more regional bias, so develop regional partnerships now to be ready
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Moving from Recommendations to Action
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Define Organization’s Role in the Implementation Process
Greater Ohio Policy Center: • Act as an intermediary between state and local policy
• Provide capacity-building and technical assistance
• Pilot projects corresponding with Restoring Prosperity recommendations
• Utilize existing and identify new strategic partnerships
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Use Early Success to Demonstrate Connection between State Policy and Local Action
Land Bank Bill: • Allows additional 41 counties to
create a land bank
• Local tool to manage blight and engage in comprehensive land reconfiguration
• Cuyahoga County Land Bank has acquired over 200 properties since its creation
• Lucas County and Trumbull County have launched county land banks as well.
Picture: Green City Blue Lake
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Implementing Recommendations
Sustainable Reinvestment Pilot Track
• Urban Waterfronts
• Signature Parks
• Wind and Solar
Third Frontier
• Ballot issue passed in May
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Ways to stay involved
Check out our website: http://greaterohio.org/
Join our Greater Ohio Supporters database to get our electronic newsletters, Calls to Action, and other timely information.
Follow our Greater Ohio blog
Follow us on Twitter:
@GreaterOhio
@GO_DawnL
@GO_GeneK
Become a fan of Greater Ohio Policy Center on Facebook
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Contact Us
Dawn Larzelere, Associate Director
(614) 224-0187
www.greaterohio.org
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Rural-Urban Linkages
• Urban-metropolitan-rural economies linked– Commuting patterns
– Employment
– Recreation activities
• Majority of Ohioans derive their livelihood from urban areas– Direct incomes or spinoffs