The document discusses creating a more vibrant, resilient, and sustainable Northeast Ohio region. It describes those terms as energetic and alive (vibrant), tough and strong (resilient), and maintainable and sustainable. It then outlines realities facing the region such as costly government fragmentation and stresses on cultural/natural resources. The document proposes engaging stakeholders through scenario planning to create a shared vision and framework for the region's future. It discusses using scenario planning tools to understand choices and their long-term consequences. The goal is to develop action products like a dashboard, toolkit, and policy recommendations to implement and sustain the vision.

1. Creating a more Vibrant, Resilient and Sustainable
Northeast Ohio

2. VIBRANT
Energetic, Dynamic, Vivid, Spirited, Alive, Colorful, Vigorous, Animated, Responsive, Electrifying.
RESILIENT
Irrepressible, Tough, Strong, Hardy, Buoyant, Tenacious, Resourceful, Robust. SUSTAINABLE
Maintainable, Supportable, Self-Sufficient, Viable, Rational, Reliable, Sound, Manageable, Credible

3. Our region is more
connected than you think!

4. Northeast Ohio Sustainable
Communities Consortium
Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study
Lorain County Community College
(AMATS)
Lorain County Growth Partnership
Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority
Mahoning County
Akron Urban League
Northeast Ohio Community Development
Ashtabula County
Alliance
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Youngstown
Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency
Center for Community Solutions
(NOACA)
City of Akron
Northeast Ohio Four County Regional Planning &
City of Cleveland
Development Organization (NEFCO)
City of Elyria
Policy Bridge
City of Youngstown
Regional Prosperity Initiative
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Stark County Regional Planning Commission/
Cleveland State University
Stark County Area Transportation Study (SCATS)
Cleveland Metroparks
Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority
Cuyahoga County
Summit County
Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority
Summit County Health District
Eastgate Regional Council of Governments
Trumbull County
Fund for Our Economic Future
Youngstown State University
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

5. Realities
• Taxpayers are burdened by costly fragmentation
across our local/regional governments.
• Cultural & natural resources are under stress.
• Rising infrastructure costs exceed our means to pay.
• Land use patterns affect local & regional budgets.
• Our overall economy needs to be stronger.

6. Conditions & Trends in Those Counties…
Existing Land Use:
Current Zoning (Our Future?):

7. NEO Conditions and Trends Platform
31 Findings organized under 5
Themes.
Developed by NEOSCC’s 5 “Work
Streams”:
• Housing and Communities
• Environments
• Economic Development
• Connections (Transportation)
• Quality Connected Places
cat.neoscc.org

8. Where do we want to go as a region?
Who: Engage stakeholders throughout the region through
different ways and methods.
How: Regional engagement using a scenario planning process
that creates a shared vision.
What: A framework to create a more vibrant, resilient and
sustainable Northeast Ohio.

9. Scenario Planning
Helps the public and decision
makers understand the long-
term consequences of the
choices they make now

10. Scenario Planning
Visioning Starts with Common Values
• Personal Growth
and Well-being
• Education
• Community
• Nature
• Family
• Security

11. Scenario Planning
Visioning Starts with Common Values
• Personal Growth
and Well-being
• Education
• Community
• Nature
• Family
• Security

12. Current Conditions
Regional Scenario Planning:
Spatial

13. Current Conditions

14. Business as Usual

15. Business as Usual:
Small Lots

16. Local Land Use Plans

17. Regional Systems

19. Impervious Surfaces

20. How do we implement Action Products
and sustain the vision?
Dashboard
Measures & Inspires
Took Kit & Practices
Vibrant NEO 2040 Implements & Sustains
Vision & Framework
Policy Recommendations
Advances & Supports
Pilots
Proves & Highlights

21. Tools:
Vibrantneo.org

22. Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium
Quality Connected Places Work Stream
QCP Products – Community Assets
-During the summer of 2012, the
NEOSCC compiled a comprehensive list
of assets in our region
-These assets include medical
facilities, cultural institutions, sporting
venues, festivals, breweries, public
parks, mixed-use districts, and hist.
districts
-A database of information was
gathered for each asset (claim to
fame, location in community, etc.)
-A hierarchy of assets was established
(regional asset vs. local asset)

23. Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium
Quality Connected Places Work Stream
QCP Products – Asset Cluster Analysis
-Asset clusters in the region were
identified (communities that have 3 or
more assets)
-28 communities within our region
possess asset clusters
-Asset cluster maps were developed
for each of the 28 communities to
communicate adjacencies between
assets
-Draft findings of opportunities for
future development were identified
based on these adjacencies

24. How are arts & culture integral to creating quality
connected places?
• Helps to define and articulate the
soul of our communities
• Connects the present with our
shared past and future
• Draws people to central
places, creating a critical mass of
activity
• Helps drive community economic
development by creating jobs and
new business opportunities
• Celebrates diversity and advances
equity and encourages community
engagement in our communities
Vibrantneo.org

25. How are arts & culture integral to creating quality
connected places?
Vibrantneo.org

26. How can I get Involved?
Northeast Ohio has a story. Help us tell it.
You are an expert on your piece of Northeast
Ohio. No one else knows your experiences
better than you. As part of the Vibrant NEO
Sign-Up to Participate as a volunteer, or 2040 initiative, we want to tell stories about
to attend a workshop what makes Northeast Ohio such an
http://vibrantneo.org/get- extraordinary place to call home.
involved/add-your-voice/ For more information…
http://vibrantneo.org/get-involved/my-
Host a speaker at an upcoming event:
vibrant-neo/
janderle@neoscc.org
Help us identify arts and cultural assets
and identify culture clusters:
http://vibrantneo.org/vibrantneo-
2040/tools-and-resources/neo-
regional-assets/

27. Follow us:
Twitter: @VibrantNEO
Help us promote our on-line scenario planning gaming
Like us:
tool launching in April, via your Facebook:
website, newsletters, social media, networks.
janderle@neoscc.org
facebook/vibrantNEO
Join our mailing list at:
vibrantneo.org
Dive into our Conditions and Trends platform, tell us what
you think! What are your thoughts on our findings?
http://cat.neoscc.org/