This presentation discusses what the Vibrant NEO 2040 project is, what has happened so far, where we are today in its creation, and what the proposed vision for the Northeast Ohio region is-- drawing on input from citizens over the course of the last 6 months.

1. Public Vision Sessions
October 7 – October 17, 2013

2. Topics
What is Vibrant NEO 2040?
What has happened so far?
Where are we today?
What is the Proposed Regional Vision?
Q&A

3. WHAT IS VIBRANT
NEO 2040?

4. What is Vibrant NEO 2040?
A regional visioning
and decision-making
framework for
Northeast Ohio
Creating a more vibrant, resilient, and
sustainable region

5. • Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities
Consortium (NEOSCC)
Regional, county, and local government
Non-profit and private sector
• Supported by team of local and national
experts
• Northeast Ohio residents—all of you!
Who is Vibrant NEO 2040?

6. A Year of Learning
LEARN ACT
Build Capacity
2013 Beyond

7. WHAT HAS
HAPPENED SO FAR?

8. Technical Workstream Areas
STRONG ECONOMIC
BASE
Community-Focused
Economic Development
Strategies
COMMUNITIES
Equitable Housing Access
and Quality
ENVIRONMENTS
Built Environment and
Natural Systems
CONNECTIONS
Regional Mobility and
Transit Options
QUALITY CONNECTED
PLACES
Place Based Community
Design and Integrated Capital
Investment Strategies
ENGAGEMENT
DATA/GIS

9. cat.neoscc.org
NEO Conditions and Trends Platform
• 31 Findings
organized under
5 Themes
• Developed by
NEOSCC’s 5
Workstreams

10. Vibrant NEO 2040 Implementation Products
DASHBOARD
Measuring progress and
inspiring us toward our
goals.
TOOL KIT &
BEST PRACTICES
Implementing and sustaining
the vision across the region.
POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS
Supporting and advancing
our vision and goals.
PILOT PROGRAMS
Proving and highlighting
our vision and goals.
Four action products to
turn our vision into reality

11. “Where are we
headed currently?”
“What are the
possibilities?”
“Where do we
want to go?”
Open Houses
July 29 – Aug 2
August - DecemberMay - JulyJanuary - April
The Scenario Planning Process
Vision Sessions
Oct 7 – Oct 17
aWorkshops
April 30 – May 1
Regional
Vision
Initiation and
“Trend” Scenario
Alternative
Scenarios

12. BASED ON EXISTING TRENDS
2040

15. WHERE ARE WE
TODAY?

16. Vision Development Schedule
Proposed
Regional Vision
September October November
Public Review
Final Regional
Vision
We are here!
The vision shown today is a draft
We need your feedback!

17. Vibrant NEO
2040: A Vision & Framework
for Our Future
Data
Vibrant NEO 2040 Material Outputs
Work
Products
Software
• History
• Current Conditions
• Trends
• Scenarios
• Vision,
Recommendations,
and Guidelines

18. WHAT IS THE
PROPOSED
REGIONAL VISION?

19. What is the Regional Vision?
• An aspirational future for Northeast Ohio, built upon public
engagement, and accompanied by a set of
recommendations and tools to help make it a reality
• Vision elements:
• Objectives
• Maps
• Indicators and targets
• Recommendations

20. How did we make the vision?
Objective
Findings
Values
Regional
Vision
• Workstreams
• Regional Analysis of
Impediments to Fair
Housing Choice
(Regional AI) & Fair
Housing and Equity
Assessment (FHEA)
• Conditions & Trends
• Scenarios
• Statistically Valid Surveys
• Workshops
• ImagineMyNEO
• Open Houses
• On-going Outreach

21. OBJECTIVES

22. Vision Objectives
Overarching theme: promote
investment in our established
communities

23. Vision ObjectivesVision Objectives
Protect our soil, water, air, and
ecologically sensitive areas

24. Improve our regional fiscal
health
Vision Objectives

25. Develop our regional economy
with accessible employment
opportunities
Vision Objectives

26. Enhance our regional
transportation network
Vision Objectives

27. Cultivate and celebrate our local
assets and places of public
value
Vision Objectives

28. Expand our parks and open
space network
Vision Objectives

29. Preserve our prime farmland
Vision Objectives

30. Where are we currently
heading as a region?
• Increasing
abandonment in
urban areas
• New dispersed
development at
edges of metro
areas on land that
is currently
agricultural or
undeveloped
• Increasing
distance between
people and jobs
• Limited
transportation
options other than
personal vehicles

31. Where are we currently
heading as a region?

32. Where do we want to be in 2040?
• Strengthen
established
communities
• Diversity of
neighborhoods
and place types
• Diversity of
transportation
options
• Reinvest in
legacy cities and
established towns
and villages
• Preserve
agriculture and
natural character
of rural
landscapes

33. 3 Themes

34. Strengthen Established
Communities

35. Current Trend: Outward Migration
Results:
• Increasing abandonment risk
• Mounting infrastructure costs
• Rising transportation costs, increased
distances, fewer transportation options
(other than car)

36. Current trends will result in declining fiscal health
across the region
-0.3%

37. Public Feedback
Polling Question: We should invest in existing
communities to create new jobs and housing
Outward vs Inward Development
Dispersed vs Compact Development

38. Community Categorization by Growth Patterns
Legacy Cities (Pre 1910)
Akron, Canton, Cleveland, Elyria, Lorain, Warren,
Youngstown
1st Ring Suburbs (1910-1959)
Cleveland Heights, Wickliffe, Sheffield, Parma, Mogadore, East
Canton, Howland, etc.
2nd Ring Suburbs (1950-1969)
Orange, Eastlake, Norton, Fairlawn, Boardman,
Liberty, North Olmstead, etc.
Outer Ring Suburbs (1970-present)
Bainbridge, Avon, Westlake, Twinsburgh, Bazetta, etc.
Established Cities & Towns (varies)
Medina, Painesville, Ravenna, Wooster, Niles,
Ashtabula, Kent, Oberlin, etc.
Rural Townships (varies)
Parkman, Wellington, Westfield, Hiram, Wyndham,
Saybrook, Jackson, Gustavus

39. Place Types
City

40. Community Categorization by Growth Patterns
Legacy Cities (Pre 1910)
Akron, Canton, Cleveland, Elyria, Lorain, Warren,
Youngstown
1st Ring Suburbs (1910-1959)
Cleveland Heights, Wickliffe, Sheffield, Parma, Mogadore, East
Canton, Howland, etc.
2nd Ring Suburbs (1950-1969)
Orange, Eastlake, Norton, Fairlawn, Boardman,
Liberty, North Olmsted, etc.
Outer Ring Suburbs (1970-present)
Bainbridge, Avon, Westlake, Twinsburgh, Bazetta, etc.
Established Cities & Towns (varies)
Medina, Painesville, Ravenna, Wooster, Niles,
Ashtabula, Kent, Oberlin, etc.
Rural Townships (varies)
Parkman, Wellington, Westfield, Hiram, Wyndham,
Saybrook, Jackson, Gustavus
95% 91%
86%

41. Workshop Map Activity
Public Feedback

42. Local Examples

43. 2040: A Diversity of Strong Communities
• Encourage infill
and reinvestment
in Legacy Cities
and existing towns
and villages
• Customize
strategies based
on local
challenges
• Expand compact
housing options
• Provide a range of
housing types, but
account for the
long-term costs of
building and
maintaining them

44. HOW DO WE GET THERE?
Sample Recommendations
• Promote infill development in established cities and towns
• Develop a robust network of regional centers connected by
multimodal corridors
• Maximize investment in existing roads before building new
ones
2040: A Diversity of Strong Communities

45. 2040: Strategic Nodes

46. Sample Recommendation:
Coordinate regionally on remediation, preparation, and
marketing of industrial sites
2040: A Diversity of Strong Communities
HOW DO WE GET THERE?

47. Increase
Transportation Choice

48. Current Trends
Outward migration + dispersed development results in increased distance
between people, jobs, and other destinations
Of NEO residents spend
>25% of their income on
transportation
(15% is considered
affordable)
In average daily
vehicle miles traveled
per capita since 1990
Sources:
Costs: H+T Affordability Index - http://htaindex.cnt.org/map/
VMT: Ohio Department of Transportation, Division of Planning, Office of Technical
Services. (1990-2011). Daily vehicle miles traveled reports
(http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/TechServ/TIM/Pages/DVMT.aspx
People are spending
more money on
transportation . . .
. . . and more time in
their cars
Meanwhile, the
density of new
dispersed
development is too
low to support public
transit service,
increasing
reliance on
cars

49. Public Feedback
Ideal Community Character ResultsTransportation Investment

50. Local Example

51. • Expand public transit
network
• Improve coordination
between transit
investments and land
use
• Focus major
developments
around transit nodes
• Provide for all
modes: vehicles,
public transit,
walking, and
bicycling
2040: Connected Communities

52. HOW DO WE GET THERE?
Expanded Public Transit Network
2040: Connected Communities

53. HOW DO WE GET THERE?
Expanded Public Transit Network
2040: Connected Communities

54. Sample Recommendations
• Enhance and integrate regional public transit services
• Make walking, biking, and transit better and more
accessible mobility choices
• Develop a robust network of regional centers connected
by multimodal corridors
2040: Connected Communities
HOW DO WE GET THERE?

55. Preserve and protect
natural resources

56. Open space conservation has been
increasing in the region . . .

57. Dispersed development away from existing
communities creates significant impacts on
water quality and valued rural landscapes
29% of
Ohio’s
principal
streams and
large rivers
are impaired
for aquatic
life*
*http://www.epa.ohio.go
v/portals/35/tmdl/2010Int
Report/Section_B.pdf

58. Public Feedback
Environmental Regulations
ImagineMyNEO Priorities

59. Local Examples

60. 2040: Robust Open Space Networks
• Expand existing
open space
network:
• Large
protected
areas
• Riparian
corridors
• Scattered
conservation
&
neighborhood
parks
• Greenway network
links communities,
park resources,
and Lake Erie

61. Sample Recommendations
• Develop a regional approach to knowledge sharing,
coordination, and action on water and soil resources
• Introduce ecological functions to vacant and
underutilized urban land as well as public land where
such treatments are effective and appropriate
• Partner with individual landowners and organizations to
secure ecologically and agriculturally valuable land for
future use
2040: Robust Open Space Networks
HOW DO WE GET THERE?

62. Vibrant NEO 2040: Proposed
Regional Vision

63. How will your feedback be incorporated?
• Gauge of overall support…critical for regional leadership
buy-in
• Revise objectives and recommendations
• Fill in potential gaps
• New connections with individuals and organizations

64. “Where are we
headed currently?”
“What are the
possibilities?”
“Where do we
want to go?”
Open Houses
July 29 – Aug 2
August - DecemberMay - JulyJanuary - April
The Scenario Planning Process
Vision Sessions
Oct 7 – Oct 17
aWorkshops
April 30 – May 1
Regional
Vision
Initiation and
“Trend” Scenario
Alternative
Scenarios
Vision, Framework and Products
Presentation
MPO/COGS 12/2 – 12/12
NEOSCC Board Mtg 12/17

65. THANK YOU!