This week’s #GOPCThread is full of #ShoutOuts to partners in smaller legacy cities doing great #Equitabledevelopment work. Enjoy and be inspired! For more check out our new report with @landpolicy "Equitably Developing America’s Smaller Legacy Cities."
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Diverse coalitions drive #equitabledevelopment. @Transit4Indy a multisector coalition included nonprofits, national experts, regional mayors, anchor institutions, advocacy groups, relators, CDCs, minority orgs, & labor groups. All encouraged support for mass transit #GOPCThread
.@Transit4Indy created a data-intensive slide deck that made the case for reliable public transit as a way 2 provide access 2 jobs, education, healthcare, and amenities. The slides shared startling statistics about income, crime and segregation in #Indy. #GOPCThread
The #UnifiedCollective in @Springfield_OH is a coalition of organizations working together 2 improve the lives of communities of color & south side residents. @TheConscious_ @ClinArk_Inc #DreamVision @NAACP #YouthCommittee #PromiseZoneCrew #GOPCThread
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#UnifiedCollective works to increase equity & inclusion in @Sprinfield_OH neighborhoods. Founder @DorianAHunter summed it up, “We are more organized as a collective instead of just working as individuals.” #GOPCThread
@LancasterPA leaders identified the need for a new non-profit to oversee & coordinate the city’s work 2 improve equity outcomes & reduce poverty. #LancasterEquityCDC was formed as an intermediary to fill this role. #GOPCThread, @CAPLancaster, #LancasterEquityCDC
#LancasterEquityCDC’s flexible charter allows them to take risks & engage new in work 2 advance their mission. They regularly convene housing & community development-related organizations fostering greater collaboration & idea sharing. #GOPCThread
Another great approach 2 #EquitableDevelopment is happening in @fitchburgmass with #ReImagineNorthofMain’s resident leadership training programs #GOPCThread
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#ReImagineNorthofMain’s #ResidentLeadershipInstitute trains diverse professionals on leadership skills & helps place them @fitchburgmass decision-making tables. #CommunityStewardsTrainingProgram trains youth in community organizing. #GOPCThread
.@GwinnettSToPP is a parent-organized group working against #SchooltoPrisionPipeline practices. The group built leadership development programming into its core functions for parents, accomplishing advocacy & capacity-building simultaneously. #GOPCThread
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Private business can adopt equitable practices too. #NehemiahManufacturingCo in @OhioCincinnati practices “second chance” hiring of hard-to-hire and formerly incarcerated people & provides a social support team to help employees succeed @HartongDigital #GOCPThread
#NehemiahManufacturingCo formed a non-profit that eventually merged w/ @cincinnatiworks to expand the program throughout the region. In 2019, 80 companies participated & more than 400 workers were placed in employment. #GOPCThread
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That’s not all! To learn about more concrete approaches to #Equitabledevelopment, check out the webinar we jointly hosted w/ @landpolicy. #GOPCThread

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7 Oct
On this week’s #GOPCThread, we’re highlighting the @LinkUSColumbus initiative, a collaboration by the @ColumbusGov, @FranklinCoOhio, @COTABus, and @MORPC
Last month, @cbusmetroclub hosted a forum on the “LinkUS Columbus Mobility Initiative” w/ representatives from the initiative partners commenting on the project’s goals and current progress. You can view the recording here #GOPCThread:
The LinkUS initiative was created to address the transportation and access issues of a growing region, and builds off of several previous studies, including Insight2050, COTA NextGen, and the Insight2050 Corridor Concepts Study #GOPCThread
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30 Sep
This month’s #OHCommunitySpotlight features Marietta, one of the oldest European settlements in Ohio, first capital of the Northwest Territory, and one-time shipbuilding powerhouse #GOPCThread
The history of this area of the state begins in the prehistoric era, when several indigenous cultures lived along what is now the Ohio River & its tributaries. Many of these societies built earthwork mounds, monuments dedicated to cosmology & astronomical events #GOPCThread
The earthworks in the Marietta area were constructed by the Hopewell, a pre-Columbian Native American civilization that lived in the region from roughly 100 BC to 500 AD #GOPCThread en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marietta_…
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23 Sep
Last month, @JobsOhio announced the recipients selected for the first round of the Vibrant Community Grant Program – a new program launched by JobsOhio to provide economic development assistance to Ohio’s distressed communities #GOPCThread
The Vibrant Community Program was established to assist distressed small and medium sized communities in executing a catalytic economic development project – with favored projects including real estate development and operated shared spaces #GOPCThread
96 Ohio cities are eligible, as these cities have populations between 5-75K and poverty rates at or above the state’s average. Applicants for the Vibrant Community Program are business, nonprofits, developers, port authorities, or local governments #GOPCThread
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16 Sep
This #GOPCThread covers the 1st in a 6-part webinar series from .@smartgrowthorg & @EPA, Learning from (& Leaning on) Local Leaders to Revitalize African American Neighborhoods, which shares stories from Chicago & Boston & will run through 2021: bit.ly/3zxV7UD
To revitalize neighborhoods, we must understand intersectionality & address environmental inequality. Many of the nation’s brownfield sites are in African-American communities. Series suggested readings: The Color of Law, Rothstein & Know Your Price, .@andreperryedu #GOPCThread
In Building Upon Large-Scale Brownfield Investments to Benefit Communities (1st webinar), former .@chicago staff, RTA Northeastern IL, & @FarSouthsideCDC discuss the .@chicago Brownfields Initiative & the progress made in one of Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods. #GOPCThread
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Last month, we highlighted @JohnstownOhio as part of our #OHCommunitySpotlight series, which gave us an opportunity to talk about their Medical Cannabis Program as an economic development strategy. You can find a link to that #GOPCThread here:
.@JohnstownOhio has bet big on medical marijuana as part of a forward-looking strategy to grow their economy and increase jobs. This week on the #GOPCThread, we’ll take a look at another unconventional economic driver: craft beer
The explosion of craft brewing is a recent phenomenon. In 2001, the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated there were only 396 brewery establishments nationwide, but the industry grew sevenfold, with 2,843 breweries registered in 2016 #GOPCThread bls.gov/spotlight/2017…
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