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ABOUT
VISION AND INITIATIVES
POLICY PLAN
2030 CONCEPT PLANS
IMPLEMENTATION CAMPAIGNS
PERFORMANCE DEVELOPMENT
SCHEDULE AND PROGRESS
REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS
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The Vision for
Hamilton County's Future
Approved by the Planning Partnership on
January 9, 2003
Approved by Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission on February 6, 2003
Approved by Hamilton County Board of County Commissioners on November 26,
2003
Introduction | What's Happened
So Far...
What Happens Next... |
The Vision |
Goals and Objectives
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
1. ASSURE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
1.1 Create a quality of life that attracts
and retains the young, skilled and entrepreneurial people, including a
“24-hour Downtown Cincinnati” where people can live, work and play.
1.2 Build a strong cluster of attractions in arts, culture, sports and
entertainment for residents and visitors of diverse backgrounds.
1.3 Develop a globally competitive and diversified economy that: is on the
cutting edge of emerging technologies, supports emerging industries,
encourages entrepreneurial activities, and maintains and strengthens
existing business and industry.
1.4 Attract and retain business and industries that provide good paying jobs
for a diverse spectrum of County residents.
1.5 Increase emphasis on and support for university research that leads to
new business development.
1.6 Develop a strong linkage between all levels of education and workforce
needs, including employee retraining, educational training, and life skills
programs that: matches workforce supply with demand, provides the
non-college bound student with employment options, achieves employment
preparedness, and results in a regional commitment to education beyond 12
years.
2. BUILD
COLLABORATIVE DECISION-MAKING
2.1 Create the necessary structure and
relationships for effective and efficient coordination of countywide
governance, that works proactively and cooperatively across political and
school district boundaries with elected, appointed, and community leaders,
and all citizens.
2.2 Develop a system of collaborative governmental decision-making that
enables a countywide development framework, producing well-planned,
controlled growth that balances investments in downtown, neighborhoods and
communities with preservation of open space and natural areas, and that
address obstacles to achieving such growth.
2.3 Encourage and facilitate public input, throughout the planning and
decision-making process, which leads to improved public decision-making and
improved public involvement, with buy-in from all sectors of the County
including citizens.
2.4 Foster a strong sense of countywide community that engages all citizens
(including youth), encourages volunteerism, and makes full use of our social
capital in County and local decision-making.
2.5 Enhance an accessible and open system of government to assure ethical
and effective decision-making.
3. EMBRACE DIVERSITY AND
EQUITY
3.1 Encourage and maintain clean, safe,
inclusive, accessible, communities that foster open communication.
3.2 Promote health and longevity for all residents of Hamilton County by
providing opportunities for equal access to preventative and restorative
health and health-related services, and other social and community services.
3.3 Promote quality, educational opportunities in safe learning
environments, and opportunities for students to gain cross-cultural
experience and knowledge at all education levels.
3.4 Increase the availability of affordable recreational, social and
cultural opportunities that appeal to the diverse population of Hamilton
County.
3.5 Welcome diversity in our institutions and in all levels of government
(legislative, judicial and executive/administrative).
3.6 Promote regional solutions to regional issues such as affordable
housing, social services, public transportation and mobility.
4. BALANCE DEVELOPMENT AND
THE ENVIRONMENT
4.1 Preserve, restore, and manage natural
resources so as to enhance the unique character of the County.
4.2 Plan and manage growth by seeking regional cooperation, fostering
neighborhood-focused development, encouraging revitalization of existing
neighborhoods, and preserving open space, while incorporating citizen input
in the decision-making process.
4.3 Strengthen investment, particularly reinvestment, in order to balance
development in downtown, suburbs, and rural areas, using existing
infrastructure to reduce costs.
4.4 Develop attractive, economical, multi-modal public transportation
coordinated with planning and development of roads, housing and business
locations in order to better connect people to their jobs, services, and
natural and cultural resources.
4.5 Plan and maintain a comprehensive infrastructure system, that is
coordinated with development, constructed with consideration of the impact
on the built and natural environments, and that supports neighborhood
centers.
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Vision without action is a day
dream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
JAPANESE PROVERB
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and
leave a trail.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
If you don’t know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else.
YOGI BERRA
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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