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Introduction | Implementation Campaigns | Implementation Approach
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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