Greater Ohio Policy Center partnered with the Urban Land Institute (ULI) district councils of Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus, as well as LOCUS to host “Advancing Ohio’s Urban Agenda: Walkable Communities for Globally Competitive Cities,” an exclusive series of events hosted in Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus on January 16th and 17th of 2013. The three groups built the case for walkable development based on market demand and the need for Ohio cities to act now to take advantage of current demographic shifts to remain globally competitive. These events provided a forum to connect developers from urban centers across the state to discuss the demand for sustainable communities.

1. Lavea Brachman,
Greater Ohio Policy Center Executive Director

2. Demographic Trends in Ohio’s Cities

3. Demographic Trends in Ohio’s Cities

4. Demographic Trends in Cincinnati

5. Demographic Trends in Columbus

6. Demographic Trends in Cleveland

7. Columbus Commons
Columbus, Ohio
& Scioto Mile

8. Over-the-Rhine Cincinnati, Ohio

9. Gordon Square Arts District,
Cleveland, Ohio
Detroit Shoreway

10. Our Work
• Publishing whitepaper on
attracting & retaining Generation Y
& Baby Boomers in Ohio’s cities
• Advocated for historic tax credits
• Assembling coalition of bankers,
community developers, public
sector professionals and others to
support an urban agenda in Ohio
• Developing a toolkit of practices
and policies for redeveloping
vacant commercial properties

11. Policy Opportunities &
Market Interventions
• Clean Ohio Revitalization
Fund
• Neighborhood Infrastructure
Assistance Program
• Transactional reforms
• Expedite foreclosure,
address bank walkaways,
amend public nuisance
statute

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http://greaterohio.org/
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Greater Ohio Policy Center Lavea Brachman, Executive Director