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WHAT IS IN THE 2030 PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK?

The 2030 Plan and Implementation Framework is a long-term effort—both in terms of the process and the impact. Public and private input will continue each step of the way, and final decisions will rest with the 49 separate jurisdictions represented in the process, and with the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners.

The following are the main components of the 2030 Plan and Implementation Framework.

The Vision for Hamilton County’s Future

The Vision for Hamilton County’s Future resulted from extensive idea-gathering and public participation through the Community Values Survey, Community Workshops, and the Countywide Town Meeting. It is fundamentally a collection of goals and challenges for the future, and it also forms the basis for the entire planning process. The four Core Goals and related objectives are what this plan aims to achieve over the next 30 years. The 12 elements of the future vision are the basis for the State of the County Reports and the results accountability process that will be used to guide various implementation strategies.

Initiatives and Strategies

The Community COMPASS Steering Team developed 30 different initiatives and related strategies for realizing the Core Goals and Vision for Hamilton County’s Future through an extensive process of consensus-building. Each item that became part of the approved Initiatives and Strategies was agreed to only after thorough discussion and unanimous vote by the Steering Team. These Initiatives and Strategies were then approved by the Hamilton County Planning Partnership, the Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission, and the Hamilton County Board of County Commissioners.

State of the County Reports

State of the County Reports are a series of research papers prepared by RPC staff that document social, physical, and economic trends related to each of the 12 elements in the Vision for Hamilton County’s Future. The information presented in the State of the County Reports highlights the various challenges and assets in our community related to achieving Community COMPASS goals, and provides base data for creating strategic action plans to carry out various recommended initiatives. This same data will also be used for performance indicators to track progress toward Community COMPASS goals.

The 12 State of the County Reports are:

16-1 Civic Engagement and Social Capital
16-2 Community Services
16-3 Culture and Recreation
16-4 Economy and Labor Market
16-5 Education
16-6 Environment
16-7 Environmental and Social Justice
16-8 Governance
16-9 Health and Human Services
16-10 Housing
16-11 Land Use and Development Framework
16-12 Mobility

In addition to these 12 State of the County reports, RPC conducted an extensive population study to examine overall demographic changes both in Hamilton County and the Cincinnati metro area.

Implementation Campaigns

There are four Community COMPASS Implementation Campaigns which correspond to the four Core Goals—Assure Economic Prosperity, Build Collaborative Decision-Making, Embrace Diversity and Equity, and Balance Development and the Environment. These Core Goals emerged from extensive public involvement and debate through the Values Survey, Community Forums, and the Countywide Town Meeting. Each Campaign brings a different perspective to implementing Community COMPASS in that they focus on particular aspects of the County’s growth and development. However, at the same time all four Campaigns interrelate and support one another in that they draw from the same array of initiatives and strategies, and they ultimately achieve the same goals and vision for Hamilton County.

The underpinning philosophy behind Community COMPASS is active engagement across the public, private, and civic sectors in Hamilton County. Participation and endorsement by thousands of private citizens, business leaders, administrative and elected officials, and civic activists is the key to the success of this effort. Continuing this rich involvement will also be key to implementing the ideas contained in Community COMPASS. Successful implementation of the plan will rely on teams made up of various participants in the planning process. No individual organization or jurisdiction has the necessary resources or expertise to carry out all of the strategies contained in this plan.

Concept Plans for Land Use, Transportation, and Greenspace

These three Concept Plans are a merger of various individual plans in effect or being developed across the County dealing with land use, transportation, and greenspace issues. The 2030 Plan may eventually include additional Concept Plan maps. Each Concept Plan includes the following:

• Components are the individual plans and data sources that are referenced for each Concept Plan.
• Consistency describes how the recommendations of individual plans are aligned with Community COMPASS goals, objectives, and initiatives.
• Next Steps describes the key recommendations related to initial actions that individual plans have in common, and prioritizes them for implementation.
• Key Partners identifies the main groups that need to work together in order to refine the ideas and recommendations in the Concept Plans and push the final recommendations forward.
• Resources describes potential funding sources for various initiatives

Policy Plan for Hamilton County and Local Governments

The success of Community COMPASS and the 2030 Plan and Implementation Framework rests on the collaboration between groups and individuals across the public, private, and civic sectors in Hamilton County. As this plan moves ahead into implementation, coordination with other groups across the entire metropolitan area will also be important to ensure success of various initiatives, and to coordinate local and county efforts with those taking place at a regional level. The intent of the Policy Plan for Hamilton County and Local Governments is to provide this coordination.

Appendices

Community COMPASS has an unprecedented scope and outreach into the public, private, and civic sectors in Hamilton County. Dozens of organizations are involved in different long-range and strategic planning projects dealing with various challenges and opportunities in our communities. The 2030 Plan and Implementation Framework explicitly or implicitly incorporates ideas and aspects of many of these plans. Alignment with other planning activities is documented in a series of appendices at the conclusion of this report.

Appendix 1 Glossary of Terms
Appendix 2 Process
Appendix 3 Local Jurisdictional Plans
Appendix 4 Multi Jurisdictional Plans
Appendix 5 Countywide Plans
Appendix 6 State and Regional Plans
Appendix 7 Alignment with OKI
Appendix 8 State of the County Indicators
Appendix 9 Benchmarks for Progress
Appendix 10 Sustainable Cincinnati regional Indicators
Appendix 11 United Way Regional Indicators
Appendix 12 Smart Growth Principles
Appendix 13 Other COMPASS Publications
 

Community COMPASS Participants

Awards

Glossary of Terms

Community COMPASS Process

Other Plans (local, countywide, state)

Alignment with OKI

Indicators

Smart Growth Principles

Hamilton County Treasures

Community COMPASS Publications

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