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VISION AND INITIATIVES
POLICY PLAN
2030 CONCEPT PLANS
IMPLEMENTATION CAMPAIGNS
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Implementation Campaigns
Introduction |
Implementation Campaigns |
Implementation Approach
Campaign to Balance Development
and the Environment
COMMITMENTS AND PROGRESS BY PARTNERS
Green Umbrella, Regional Greenspace Alliance, Ohio Kentucky Indiana
Green Umbrella is an advocacy organization working with over 40 local
environmental groups, citizen’s land trusts, planning commission, and other
stakeholders interested in protecting, preserving, and restoring greenspace.
Green Umbrella seeks to define, organize and unite the power that already
exists within its diverse Partnership. Guiding all of Green Umbrella’s
initiatives is the firm belief that a collaborative process creates true
long term value.
• Supports Objectives 4.1
• Supports Initiative 24.1, 24.2, 24.6, 24.7, 11
Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District
Earthworks regulations and procedures have been enacted specifically to help
eliminate, or at least minimize creation of new or aggravation of existing
sensitive land areas and formations within unincorporated Hamilton County,
either known or not known, through control of earth disturbing activities
which have an effect on the stability of hillsides and slopes and which may
cause hazardous erosion, sedimentation and associated problems.
Wet Weather Initiative provides a forum for effective management of
stormwater throughout Hamilton County to reduce the impacts of pollution on
surface and groundwater resources and to minimize the effects of erosion and
flood damage on structures, stream banks, and riparian corridors.
• Supports Objectives 4.1
• Supports Initiative 23.1, 23.2
Hamilton County Parks District
Hamilton County Park District in 2002 received support from County residents
in the form of a 15 year, one mill property tax levy to be used in its
efforts to preserve greenspace, and expanse partnership opportunities with
other conservation and environmental groups and agencies.
The ForEverGreen Conservation Program partners with other interested parties
to acquire and protect land throughout the county to ensure that preserved
areas are connected to create green wildlife corridors, preserve water
quality, and preserve open spaces., and enhance nature education programs.
The Land Management Department's objective is to maintain the widest
possible diversity of wildlife habitats to sustain diversified biological
communities and varied flora and fauna.
The Community Out-Reach Naturalist program enhances nature education by
bringing fun and exciting nature programs directly into classrooms, senior
centers and social service agencies within the City of Cincinnati..
The Park District conducted an Open Space Study in 2001 using factors such
as connectivity, landslide susceptibility and existing vegetation cover,
were used to examine potential properties for acquisition as green space.
• Supports Objectives 4.1
• Supports Initiative 24.1, 24.2,24.3,24.4,24.6,24.9
Hillside Trust
The Hillside Trust actively works to help achieve a balance between the
competing interests of development and conservation of our remaining
hillside land. The Hillside Trust accomplishes its mission through work in
three broad program areas: research and education, land conservation, and
advocacy of responsible land use. They have identified hillsides that are
most susceptible to landslides and development and encouraged the purchase
of hillside parkland and the use of zoning overlay districts. Currently, the
Hillside Trust has nearly 164 acres of hillside land under protection.
• Supports Objectives 4.1
• Supports Initiative 24.1, 24.2, 23.2
Environmental Education Council of Ohio
It is the mission of EECO to lead in facilitating and promoting
environmental education which nurtures knowledge, attitudes and behaviors
that foster global stewardship.
• Supports Objectives 4.1
• Supports Initiative 24.7
Regional Ozone Coalition
The Regional Ozone Coalition provides air quality educational opportunities
and materials to schools, businesses and citizens in the seven county
Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area. The ROC promotes its “do your
share for cleaner air” message through sponsoring teacher workshops,
calendar contests and special events throughout the year.
• Supports Objectives 4.1
• Supports Initiative 24.7
Cincinnati Environmental Quality Districts
Cincinnati’s Hillside Overlay District Regulations provide criteria for
establishing a hillside overlay district. “Hillside Overlay District
regulations are to establish standards for development in hillside areas and
procedures for the review of proposed development so development will be
compatible with the natural environment and respect the quality of the urban
environment in those locations where the hillsides are of significant public
value.” The City of Cincinnati has approximately 3,500 acres of land
protected in its EQ Hillside Development districts.
• Supports Objectives 4.1,4.2
• Supports Initiative 24.1, 23.1
Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority, Cincinnati Strategic
Program for Urban Redevelopment (SPUR), and the Hamilton County Urban Land
Assembly Program (ULAP)
Redevelopment of underutilized, commercial, and industrial brownfield
properties in the County is being facilitated by the partnerships among the
Greater Cincinnati Port Authority, the Cincinnati Strategic Program for
Urban Redevelopment (SPUR), and the Hamilton County Urban Land Assembly
Program (ULAP). ULAP has inventoried 68 sites in the older, first ring
suburbs for brownfield redevelopment and revitalization. SPUR has
inventoried and created 16 proposed initial districts in Cincinnati. The
Port Authority acts as a local resource of information, education, and
assistance on brownfields redevelopment for the 49 jurisdictions in the
County.
• Supports Objectives 4.1, 4.3
• Supports Initiative 24.9
Ohio River Way, Inc.
The Ohio River Way will create a 150-mile trail, braiding together the arts,
commerce, ecology, heritage and recreation assets of the river corridor. The
trail and greenway will be designed and built through partnerships with
local and state government, business and civic organizations from the cities
and towns on the river banks.
• Supports Objectives 4.1
• Supports Initiative 24.1
Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI) Greenspace
Office
OKI’s Greenspace Office is working with local environmental groups and
government agencies to assist in preserving, protecting, and restoring
natural systems. One goal of the Greenspace Office is the development of a
strategic regional greenspace plan.
• Supports Objectives 4.1, 4.2,
• Supports Initiative 24.1, 24.2, 24.4, 24.6, 10.
The Natural Resources Assistance Council (NRAC)
NRAC was established in accordance with legislation related to the Clean
Ohio Conservation Fund, serves as the implementing body for the green space
portion of the funds and represents project applications associated to
Hamilton County. NRAC reviews applications that request funds for
preservation of open spaces, sensitive ecological areas, and stream
corridors. For 2002, more than 2 million dollars were allocated to projects.
• Supports Objectives 4.1
• Supports Initiative 24.8, 24.3
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
Since 1948, ORSANCO and its member states have cooperated to improve water
quality in the Ohio River Basin so that the river and its tributaries can be
used for drinking water, industrial supplies, and recreational purposes; and
can support a healthy and diverse aquatic community. ORSANCO operates
monitoring programs to check for pollutants and toxins that may interfere
with specific uses of the river, and conducts special studies to address
emerging water quality issues.
• Supports Objectives 4.1
• Supports Initiative 24.8
Mill Creek Restoration Project and the Mill Creek Watershed Council
The Watershed Action Project includes representatives from Ohio EPA, Ohio
Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Conservation Service,
U.S. EPA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, MSD, Butler County Department of
Environmental Services, Butler County Floodplain Regulations and Stormwater
Committees; Hamilton County Wet Weather Initiative; Hamilton and Butler
County Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Mill Creek Watershed Council,
Cincinnati Stormwater Management Utility (part of MSD), City of Forest Park
stormwater program, the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, Hamilton
County Municipal League, local universities, and civic and environmental
groups.
The interagency aspect of the team has enabled it to work on identifying
common priorities for watershed restoration and protection; to link local,
state and federal programs with common objectives; and to resolve any
conflicting agency priorities.
• Supports Objectives 4.1, 4.4
• Supports Initiative 24.2,24.3, 24.6, 24.7, 24.8
Little Miami INC.
Little Miami, Inc. (LMI) is a river conservation organization dedicated to
the conservation of the Little Miami National & State Scenic River, a Class
1 river flowing 105 miles through the rolling terrain of Southwest Ohio,
USA. Founded in 1967 by Glenn Thompson, 600 families, individuals,
foundations and local businesses support LMI's conservation efforts which
focus on riparian forest protection and water quality protection.
• Supports Objectives 4.1
• Supports Initiative 24.8,
Little Miami River Partnership
The Little Miami River Partnership’s mission is to promote a healthy Little
Miami River watershed through community involvement. The vision is to assist
local communities in the protection, restoration, conservation and
preservation of the Little Miami River watershed by focusing on the issues
of: planning, facilitation, stewardship, and education.
• Supports Objectives 4.1
• Supports Initiative 9.4, 9.8 23.1, 24.8, 25.4
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Southwest District Office
The Southwest District Office of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
serves 16 counties in southwestern Ohio. According to 2002 Census data the
service area population is 2,817,182. The total land area within the
district is 7,240 square miles. Major rivers include the Great Miami River
and the Little Miami River. The Little Miami River became Ohio's first state
and national designated Scenic River in 1969 and 1973 respectively.
There are seven program divisions represented in the Southwest District
Office. They are: Air Pollution Control, Ground Water Unit, Public Drinking
Water Unit, Division of Emergency & Remedial Response, Emergency Response &
Special Investigations, Hazardous Waste Management, Office of Federal
Facilities Oversight, Solid and Infectious Waste Management, and Surface
Water & Water Quality.
• Supports Objectives 4.1
• Supports Initiative 24.9, 24.8, 24.7, 29.3, 29.2, 29.1
Hamilton County Environmental Action Commission
We will provide a forum for a broad range of stakeholders to discuss
environmental issues and identify ways to improve environmental quality in
the Hamilton County area. To accomplish this mission, the Commission may :Be
a think tank and catalyst for action on past, present and future problems;
Identify, study and recommend strategies for improving the environment;
Stimulate other groups to take on responsibility for action; Encourage
broader and better educated public participation; Publish factual
information and sponsor public forums; Practice and nurture processes for
collaborative and consensual decision making; Promote open communications
and cooperation among all issue stakeholders and provide a network for
information exchange; Consider ideas and projects that address
sustainability, environmental justice, smart growth and economic prosperity;
Be a body composed of persons representing various interest areas such as
business, academia, government and the public at large; and Hold open
Commission meetings that are frank, civil and not encumbered by passion,
self interest or duty.
• Supports Objectives 4.1
• Supports Initiative 11.2, 11.7
Sierra Club: Miami Group
The Miami Group of the Sierra Club represents the nation's oldest, largest
and most influential grassroots environmental organization in Cincinnati,
Ohio. The Miami Group works diligently to promote the conservation of our
natural environment. Local Environmental issues are addressed under
Conservation Campaigns: Sewer Quality, Transportation Choices, Environmental
Enforcement, Environmental Justice, Water Quality, Urban Sprawl, and Public
Education.
• Supports Objectives 4.1
• Supports Initiative 11, 24.7, 24.8, 24.4
Sustainable Cincinnati:
The League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area convened a broad range of
organizations to explore the possibility of a sustainable communities
indicators project. Over 55 organizations pledged to participate in the
development of regional indicators and to integrate sustainability
indicators into planning and decision making processes.
• Supports Objectives 4.2
• Supports Initiative 9.1, 9.4, 9.7, 13.3,
Keep Cincinnati Beautiful
Keep Cincinnati Beautiful offers proven, practical programs to enable
residents and neighborhoods to devise solutions for local solid waste
management issues.
• Supports Objectives 4.1
• Supports Initiative 24.7, 24.2, 24.1
University of Cincinnati Department of Environmental Health Environmental
Policy Center
The Environmental Policy Center (EPC) was established in December 2002 by
the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine’s Department of
Environmental Health. Housed within the Division of Epidemiology &
Biostatistics, its purpose is to incorporate sound environmental policy
toward the improvement of public decision-making and the prevention of
environmentally-induced diseases. The Center provides a forum for the
identification of important policy issues in the Tri-state area, for
reasoned discussion of these issues among the major stakeholders (industry,
academia, environmentalists, community leaders, government officials and the
public) and assistance to policy makers in arriving at scientifically sound
and politically viable decisions.
• Supports Objectives 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
• Supports Initiatives 9.1, 9.2, 9.5, 9.8
Ohio First Suburbs Consortium
The First Suburbs Consortium is the largest government-led advocacy
organization in the country working to revitalize mature, developed
communities, and raise public and political awareness of the problems and
inequities associated with urban sprawl and urban disinvestment.
• Supports Objectives 4.2, 4.3
• Supports Initiatives 27.1 through 27.6
Greater Ohio
Greater Ohio is the citizens' network promoting — through research, public
education and grassroots advocacy — public policy to grow our economy and
improve our quality of life through intelligent land use. To this end,
Greater Ohio will work to support redevelopment of existing communities,
strengthen regional cooperation and protect the countryside and Ohio’s
natural resources.
• Supports Objectives
• Supports Initiatives 27.1 through 27.6,
Cincinnati Neighborhood Indicator Project
Cincinnati's neighborhoods are its assets. The quality of life measures for
each asset include: Real Estate Property Value, Public Residential
Investment, Public Investment, Delinquent Real Estate Taxes, CAP Crime,
Housing Trends, Economic Baseline, and Demographic Data. Understanding these
elements and formulating measurable strategies are critical if the City of
Cincinnati is going to reverse past trends of population and household loss.
The development and use of our Neighborhood Indicator Project for
Redevelopment provides the data and methodology needed in determining
existing neighborhood conditions, targeting private/public funding, and/or
providing technical assistance. This resource is important and necessary for
neighborhood residents and leaders, and those organizations and agencies who
work with them in Cincinnati.
• Supports Objectives 4.2, 4.3
• Supports Initiatives 9.1, 9.4, 9.7, 13.3
National Center for Bicycling and Walking
When health-care professionals talk about "active living," they are
referring to a lifestyle that includes daily physical activity. Walking and
bicycling are, or should be, the easiest ways to fit activity into our
lives. Unlike, say, weight-lifting and swimming – both of which are great
exercise – walking and bicycling are more than great exercise; they are
transportation, or ways to get from here to there … and back again. We all
should be able to walk or bicycle to school, to work, to the bus stop, or
simply to explore our neighborhoods. By making conditions safer for
bicycling and walking, we will encourage a greater number of people to make
physical activity a regular part of their lives.
• Supports Objectives 4.2
• Supports Initiatives 26.1 through 26.4
OKI Land Use Commission
The Commission on Land Use was provided for in OKI’s Year 2010 Regional
Transportation Plan. Its main task is to identify linkages between land use
and transportation, and develop a transportation-sensitive regional land use
plan. The 2010 Plan was attempting to address the federal guidelines in the
transportation planning process. One of those factors is the effects of
transportation policy on land use and development.
OKI’s Board of Trustees recognized that the land use - transportation
connection is very complex, involving such issues as natural resources,
economic development, water and sewer infrastructure, social issues and
fiscal policies. Because of that complexity, the Board of Trustees elected
to sit as the land use commission. The OKI Land Use Commission outlined a
process that will present the big picture of where this region is today,
where the region wants to be at some future date, and how to get there - a
strategic approach.
• Supports Objectives 4.2, 4.4
• Supports Initiatives 25.1, 25.6, 25.7
Smart Growth America
Americans want fewer hours in traffic and more opportunities to enjoy green
space; housing that is both affordable and close to jobs and activities;
healthy cities, towns and suburbs; air and water of the highest quality; and
a landscape our children can be proud to inherit. Smart growth offers the
best chance we have of attaining those goals. To that end, Smart Growth
America's coalition is working to support citizen-driven planning that
coordinates development, transportation, revitalization of older areas and
preservation of open space and the environment.
• Supports Objectives 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5
• Supports Initiatives 25.1, 25.3, 25.4, 25.7, 27.1 through 27.6, 28.1, 30.1
through 30.3
Community Affairs in the Federal Reserve System
The mission of the Federal Reserve System's Community Affairs program is to
support the System's economic growth objectives by promoting community
development and fair and impartial access to credit. The Community Affairs
program reflects the structure of the Federal Reserve System. Within the
framework of a shared mission and goals, each of the twelve Reserve Banks
establishes its own programs and responds to local needs in its District. As
part of a nationwide entity, the Community Affairs program has the ability
to collaborate on projects, to share information and resources, and to work
together to accomplish goals at regional and national levels.
• Supports Objectives 4.3
• Supports Initiatives 11.1
Xavier University Community Building Institute
The Community Building Institute facilitates collaborative action among
residents, local organizations and institutions that leads to comprehensive,
asset-based community development. The CBI team is a diverse group of
community-building professionals from Greater Cincinnati with extensive
grassroots experience in a wide range of areas including planning, community
organizing, public policy, media relations, government administration,
nonprofit administration, corporate philanthropy, community relations,
programs for the disabled and home ownership.
• Supports Objectives 4.2,
• Supports Initiatives 15.2, 11.1,
Heritage Ohio
Heritage Ohio has been established to better serve Ohioans in the
preservation and revitalization movement. This collaborative effort has been
a partnership among Downtown Ohio, Inc., the National Trust for Historic
Preservation, the Ohio Historic Preservation Office and the Ohio Department
of Development. Through this partnership and the creation of Heritage Ohio,
organizations and individuals will greatly increase the effectiveness in
saving the state's rich heritage and furthering downtown revitalization and
historic preservation in communities across Ohio.
• Supports Objectives 4.3
• Supports Initiatives 27.1 through 27.6
LISC Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky
By providing capital, project training, and consultation, LISC supports the
development of local leadership and the creation of affordable housing,
commercial and community facilities, businesses and jobs. The Local
Initiatives Support Corporation of Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky
works to bring new, significant, project-related financial and technical
assistance to Community Development Corporations (CDCs) operating in
Clermont and Hamilton Counties in Ohio and Boone, Campbell, and Kenton
Counties in Kentucky.
LISC’s work begins and ends with the premise that local residents can best
identify community needs and develop solutions that solve neighborhood
issues. Through its nuanced and tailored lending, granting, and technical
assistance (TA) support, LISC provides individuals and communities with the
capital and technical expertise they need to revitalize and rebuild
neighborhoods. By engaging neighborhood residents in physical development
and strengthening capacity of local CDCs to plan and execute real estate
projects, LISC empowers whole communities and gives residents a voice in
shaping their local market, civic environment, and physical neighborhoods.
• Supports Objectives 4.2, 4.3
• Supports Initiatives 27.1 through 27.6, 26.1, 25.1, 11.1
Hamilton County Economic Development Company
HCDC has launched Urban Land Assembly Program (ULAP) for redeveloping vacant
and underutilized commercial and industrial sites in Hamilton County. The
program focuses specifically to sites located in the inner ring suburbs.
ULAP contains a website making information available about lot sizes,
locations, present conditions, zoning, etc. It encourages using funds
available for redevelopment, such as Clean Ohio Fund and funds from
Environmental Protection Agency.
• Supports Initiatives 25 and 27
Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority
Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority has an ongoing brownfield
redevelopment program. Brownfields are vacant, partially or fully developed
lots, which have proven or perceived environmental contamination. Often
located within city neighborhoods, brownfield redevelopment forms an
integral part of urban redevelopment programs. The Port Authority provides
various assistance including acquiring and developing lots; acquiring and
distributing public funds; project management; financing; legal aspects; and
environmental assessment and clean-up.
• Supports Initiatives 25 and 27
American Farmland Trust
American Farmland Trust is doing cost of community services study at Butler
County and in Northern Kentucky. The cost of community services study
includes estimation of revenues and expenditures for different land uses.
The study determines ability of land uses to pay for itself.
• Supports Initiative 25
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Implementation Campaigns:
Assure Economic Prosperity
Build Collaborative
Decision-making
Embrace Diversity and Equity
Balance Development and the
Environment
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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