Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium
Creating a more Vibrant, Resilient, and Sustainable NEO
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Imagine MyNEO Launched Yesterday with over 260 people playing in the first 24 hours.
Imagine MyNEO puts you in charge of Northeast Ohio's future
Click below to play!
What would this region look like in the future if you were in charge? Find out at ImagineMyNEO, an interactive engagement activity that we recently launched, designed to put the user in the role of regional planner, making critical policy decisions and weighing priorities for the future of Northeast Ohio and struggling with the tough choices that must be made.
ImagineMyNEO prioritizes issues that are both spatial and regional because Vibrant NEO 2040 is a regional visioning and decision-making framework. Priorities, policies, and projects with a spatial impact are prioritized so that the results from ImagineMyNEO can be incorporated into scenario development. It does not include issues like "having strong schools" that are very important but have less of a spatial impact at the regional scale.
We will be taking your input and presenting preliminary findings at our workshops occurring at the end of July. Ultimately, your priorities will be used to shape the preferred scenario.
Help us spread the word about Imagine MyNEO! As part of Imagine MyNEO, we are launching a engagement challenge: myVibrant5. After you complete Imagine MyNEO you will be given the option to join the myVibrant5 challenge. The challenge will feature a leaderboard indicating those participants that have invite the most friends to play and complete Imagine MyNEO. A dynamic leader board identifying the the top 5 participants will be featured on vibrantneo.org. Check out this prezi for more information... 
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Northeast Ohio Fair Housing Draft Report Review and Presentations
The Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium (NEOSCC ) is currently undertaking a study to evaluate fair housing throughout the 12 Counties of Northeast Ohio. It is known as a Regional Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice.
The public comment period for the report draft will include on-line, in-print and presentation options for your review. Provide your knowledge, opinions, and feelings about fair housing choice.
The purpose of the comment period is to allow the public an opportunity to review and comment on the draft findings and suggested recommendations.
COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL JULY 9, 2013.
Please note that these are proposed findings and recommendations and are subject to change.
All interested citizens are encouraged to attend any of the public meetings and forward written comments to:
NEOSCC, 146 S. High Street, Suite 800, Akron, OH 44308 or to Anthony Kobak via email at akobak@neoscc.org.
State and Federal fair housing laws prohibit discrimination in housing based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, familial status, ancestry or military status.
Meeting & Review Schedule
On-Line or In Print Review
June 10 - July 9
Three-volume draft study available for public comment online by clicking here. The report may also be reviewed at the following location (fees may apply for copies):
- NEOSCC, 146 S. High Street, Suite 800, Akron, OH
Presentations
June 18
- 9:00am - Mahoning County, Covelli Centre (Community Room), 229 E. Front St., Youngstown
- 11:30am - Trumbull County, The Wean Foundation (Western Reserve Room), 147 W. Market St., Warren
- 2:30pm - Lake & Geauga Counties, Mentor Municipal Center, City Council Chambers, 3rd Floor, 8500 Civic Center Blvd., Mentor
- 7:00pm - Ashtabula County, Ashtabula County Old Courthouse, Commissioners Meeting Room, 2nd Floor, 25 W. Jefferson St., Jefferson
June 19
- 9:00am - Portage County, Portage County Regional Planning Commission, 124 N. Prospect St., Ravenna
- 11:30am - Summit County, Akron Urban League (President's Hall), 440 Vernon Odom Blvd., Akron
- 2:30pm - Medina County, City of Medina, City Hall (Multi-purpose Room), 132 North Elmwood Ave., Medina
- 7:00pm - Stark & Wayne Counties, The Lillian Beane Center, 1711 16th Street SE, Massillon
June 20
- 9:00am - Lorain County, Lorain County Transportation & Community Center, 40 East Ave., Elyria12:00pm - Cuyahoga County, Castell Conference Center at Lutheran Hospital, The Castele Learning & Conference Center, 1730 West 25th St., Cleveland
- 2:30pm - Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Heights Community Center, All-Purpose Room, 1 Monticello Blvd., Cleveland Heights
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"Business as Usual" Workshops:
Initial Review and Results Presented to Board
Over a three day period (April 30 - May 2) nearly 600 individuals participated in our Business As Usual Workshops. The sessions focused on a presentation of the Business As Usual Scenario, instant polling and a mapping exercise to engage attendees in a discussion about how the region should look going forward. You can access a video from our Akron Workshop here.
 Below you will find some of the results from the first Workshop Series. We have included an overall summary of the workshop results, a closer look at how different development typologies were utilized during the mapping exercise and a library of all of the maps created by workshop attendees.
Summary of Thematic Feedback and Table Notes
During the mapping exercise, we encouraged attendees to take notes about ideas and concerns at each table. This document is a record of the notes taken by volunteer note-takers during the mapping exercise conducted at the Vibrant NEO 2040 "Business As Usual" Scenario Workshop Series Click here to read through the VibrantNEO Phase One Table Notes.
What development types did participants use?
Attendees were able to place different development typologies on a Northeast Ohio map. The results from this exercise are summarized in the powerpoint results above. Here is a different look at the outputs focused on the number of different chips utilized. Click here to access VibrantNEO Workshop Chip Placement.
Map Exercise Library
Over 70 maps were created at the six workshops by residents and public officials. We have created a library of all of the maps on our website. If you would like to see the copies of individual maps from the workshops, Click here to access. Three of the six workshop maps have been posted, the remaining three will be uploaded later today.
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Upcoming Meetings
Thursday, June 27, 11:30Am
Executive Committee Meeting
Akron Urban League
440 Vernon Odom Blvd. Akron, OH 44307
Thursday, June 27, 1:00pm
Board of Directors Meeting
Akron Urban League
440 Vernon Odom Blvd. Akron, OH 44307
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Need to Catch up on the Vibrant Daily Blog?
Here is a look back at May:
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