Livable Communities and the AARP Challenge Grants
Wednesday, March 2nd – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
The AARP Community Challenge provides small grants to fund quick-action projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages. This year, applications will be accepted for projects to improve public spaces, housing, transportation and civic engagement; support diversity, equity and inclusion; build engagement for programs under new federal laws; and pursue innovative ideas that support people age 50 or older.
This presentation will walk through the Community Challenge grant opportunity as well as introduce the concept of livable communities and age-friendly initiatives to the audience.
Our Presenter
Doug Tayek serves as the Associate State Director for Outreach with AARP Ohio, where his work focuses predominantly on Northeast Ohio; managing a large team of volunteers, Doug is responsible for implementing AARP’s social mission in this area of the state. In 2021 Doug became the statewide lead for Age-Friendly and Livable Communities work for AARP Ohio, supporting his colleagues around the state as they advise and support Ohio’s age-friendly initiatives. Doug currently supports Age Friendly Cleveland, Akron, Summit County, and Athens County; he has also previously worked in support of Age Friendly Columbus/Franklin County, and Age Friendly Delaware County.
Doug joined AARP in 2011, he holds a bachelor’s degree from Kent State University, and a master’s degree in Applied Politics from the University of Akron. Doug serves on the board of directors for Cleveland Catholic Charities and Cuyahoga County’s Division of Senior and Adult Services.
Heritage Ohio Annual Awards: How to Submit a Successful Nomination
Wednesday, February 16th – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
The 2022 Heritage Ohio Annual Awards nomination period is now open!
Are you proud of the work being done in your community? Do you know someone who has done outstanding revitalization work? Then maybe you want to apply for Heritage Ohio’s statewide awards.
We have 16 award categories to honor the people, organizations, and projects that are making Ohio a better place to live. Want to know more about the award categories and how to submit a successful nomination that will get noticed by the awards committee? Then attend this webinar!
Join Joyce Barrett and Frank Quinn as they introduce the various award categories, and share tips on completing the nomination forms.
Nominations are due by July 1, 2022.
CDBG funding for Downtown Revitalization
Wednesday, April 10th – 1:00 pm-2:00 pm
The Office of Community Development will administer a restructured Downtown Revitalization Program in PY 2019. Funds will now be awarded on an open-cycle schedule through application to the Target of Opportunity Program. This session will explain the new program structure, funding parameters, and application requirements. Eligible applicants are restricted to Community Development Program recipients. Cities and villages are encouraged to apply through their counties of jurisdiction.
Speaker
Mary Oakley
Mary Richards Oakley has been employed by the Ohio Development Services Agency’s Community Services Division since 1998. Mary serves as the Community Investments Manager for the Office of Community Development. In this capacity, Mary is responsible for oversight of more than $60 million in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Ohio Housing Trust Fund, Appalachian Regional Commission, and Brownfield Revolving Loan funds annually. Programs under her jurisdiction include: Community Development, Critical Infrastructure, and Neighborhood Revitalization; Economic Development and Revolving Loan Fund; Residential Public Infrastructure; and Target of Opportunity and Downtown Revitalization. Mary earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and German from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky and graduated from The Ohio State University’s Masters Program in City and Regional Planning.
Become a member of Heritage Ohio today and enjoy a full year of monthly webinars and many other benefits.
DIY Market Analysis: Free Data to Explore and Demonstrate Downtown Market Opportunities Webinar
Wednesday, March 6th – 1:00 pm-2:00 pm
Are you interested in demonstrating the economic opportunities of doing business in your downtown?
More and more data sources are available online today from both public and private organizations. The data can produce facts and figures of interest to investors, lenders and business operators. This webinar will explore a sample of data sources and how they can be used in both a comprehensive market analysis and in just-in-time research to answer questions that arise.
The discussion will look at data that can be utilized in the Downtown and Business District Market Analysis toolbox. This resource has been developed and updated by Extension in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Minnesota. The toolbox provides a structure for conducting community–led studies involving a local volunteer study group.
Webinar participants will leave with various sources that can provide new insights on study area and trade area dynamics.
Time will be reserved at the end for a “show and tell” of other data sites that we have missed. So if you have a valuable source of data useful in understanding your district, community, or trade area, drop it in the chat box during the webinar.
And yes, to amend the rivalry between Ohio and Wisconsin, Extension educators and downtown professionals will have each other’s company as we learn and share together.
This webinar is a benefit of Heritage Ohio membership, to become a member click HERE
Heritage Ohio Members, register for the webinar click HERE
Speakers:
Bill Ryan
Bill Ryan works for the University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension and is a statewide specialist in downtown and tourism business development. He provides research and educational programs throughout the state with city, chamber, and other economic development leaders interested in filling empty space and repurposing their downtowns with new uses for buildings. Bill co-authored an on-line downtown market analysis toolbox which is used nationwide to guide community – led market studies. Prior to Extension, Bill was employed in financial planning and hotel development in Boston.
Jon Wolfrath
Jon Wolfrath is a graduate student in the Masters of Urban and Regional Planning program at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He is focusing his studies on economic development, transportation, and housing. He also works for the University of Wisconsin – Madison/Extension as a Community Business Development Analyst and has assisted in market analysis research and resource development.
Danielle Steinhauser
Danielle Steinhauser, CMSM works for CT Consultants, a municipal engineering firm in OH, KY, PA & WV. She works with municipalities and downtown organizations to plan projects and find funding resources. Her work is diverse, allowing her to assist communities with everything from market analyses and strategic planning to streetscapes to water and storm water lines and treatment facilities. Danielle has worked on several dozen Downtown Plans for communities across Ohio and Pennsylvania, including recommendations and implementation strategies in all of Main Street’s Four Points. Prior to her work in consulting, Danielle was a Main Street Manager in Toledo, Ohio.
This webinar is a benefit of Heritage Ohio membership, to become a member click HERE
Heritage Ohio Members, register for the webinar click HERE
Federal Qualified Opportunity Zones Webinar
Wednesday, February 6th – 1:00 pm-2:00 pm
As part of 2017 federal tax reform, Congress created new tax benefits for certain investments in low-income communities designated as Qualified Opportunity Zones. During 2018 Ohio designated 320 Opportunity Zones, the maximum allowed.
This webinar will provide an overview of the technical aspects of the program. Suggested strategies will be offered for using the QOZ program in mid-western cities and how you can combine QOZ investments with other economic incentives.
Speakers:
Kelly Bissinger
Kelly is a partner in the Vorys Washington, D.C. office and a member of the finance, energy and real estate group. Her practice is focused on real estate and tax matters. Kelly represents clients from all perspectives of the acquisition, financing, ownership, development and sale of office buildings, apartment projects, mixed-use and other commercial properties. In particular, she has experience representing both institutional and developer clients in connection with structuring and negotiating real estate joint ventures with an emphasis on the tax planning aspects of such transactions.
In addition, Kelly has extensive experience advising developers, syndicators and investors on low-income housing, historic, new market and energy tax credits matters, including legislative and regulatory developments, originations, secondary market acquisitions and dispositions, end of compliance period planning and workouts.In 2013, Kelly was named one of Real Estate Bisnow’s (D.C.) 35 Under 35: Rising Stars in Commercial Real Estate. Kelly received her LL.M. with distinction in taxation and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. She received her B.A. cum laude from Tulane University. Prior to joining Vorys, Kelly was an attorney with Goulston & Storrs P.C. and Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP.
Avram Fecher
Before co-founding EquityPlus, Mr. Fechter worked for the District Government underwriting and closing over $400 million in LIHTC and NMTC financed projects while deploying $3 million of 9% LIHTC Allocation and $80 million of District Government loans. Mr. Fechter has closed over $800 million in NMTC/HTC/LIHTC financing and has served as an NMTC Allocation Application reader for the CDFI Fund. Mr. Fechter has a Masters Degree in Public Policy from Rutgers University. He lives in Aldie, Virginia with his wife, Linnea, and two children, Alana and Evan.
Joseph Mann
Joseph is a partner in the Vorys Columbus office, a member of the tax group and the head of the federal tax subgroup. He practices generally in the area of federal taxation, including public and private mergers, tax-free and taxable acquisitions and divestitures, partnerships, limited liability companies, S corporations, joint ventures, venture capital, real estate, restructurings, financing and equity transactions. Joseph advises in transactions involving federal New Markets Tax Credits and Historic Tax Credits. Joseph’s federal practice also includes tax aspects of the oil and gas industry, including divestitures and joint ventures relating to interests in the Utica Shale formation in eastern Ohio.
This webinar is a benefit of Heritage Ohio membership, to become a member click HERE
Heritage Ohio Members, register for the webinar click HERE
Using Utility Project Funding to Improve More Than the Just the Pipes Webinar
Wednesday, January 9th – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
How the City of Newark leveraged a sewer separation project to revitalize their downtown. Faced with US EPA mandates to separate its combined sewer system and wanting to improve the look and feel of the historic Downtown square, the City of Newark was able to put together financing to not only improve failing infrastructure but revitalize the square as well.
Speaker: Roger Loomis
Water Administrator City of Newark, Division of Water and Wastewater
Total of 41 years of experience at various water and wastewater facilities working in all facets of the water and wastewater utility business. B.S. Business Administration, Human Resources from The Ohio State University, A.A.S. Turfgrass Management from Agricultural Technical Institute of Wooster, Class III Water Supply Certification, and Class IV Wastewater Treatment Certification.
This webinar is a benefit of Heritage Ohio membership, to become a member click HERE
Heritage Ohio Members, register for the webinar click HERE
Ohio’s Hill Country Heritage Area Accepting AmeriCorps Applications
Revitalizing America’s Smaller Legacy Cities: Tools for Local Leaders Webinar
Wednesday, June 20th – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Smaller legacy cities – older industrial communities with about 30,000 to 200,000 residents – are undergoing significant transformations as they adapt to twenty-first-century economic realities. Revitalizing America’s Smaller Legacy Cities, a report from Greater Ohio Policy Center and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, documents the unique challenges and opportunities facing these communities as they seek to revitalize and thrive. Eight strategies for small city urban revitalization emerged from that report, and this toolkit is meant to provide additional resources to practitioners working on the ground to implement them.
This webinar will prove useful for individuals in community organizations, local government, community lending, philanthropy or anyone else who is interested in urban revitalization in small legacy cities.
Speaker: John Collier
Manager of Research, Greater Ohio Policy Center
As Manager of Research for the Greater Ohio Policy Center, John provides support on research projects, contributes to policy development, and works with partners statewide. Since joining GOPC in 2016, John has provided data-driven research on a variety of GOPC’s core issues areas including brownfields, housing, and urban revitalization in small legacy cities. John is an Ohio native, born and raised in Toledo and a graduate of The Ohio State University where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a minor in City and Regional Planning.
This webinar is a benefit of Heritage Ohio membership, to become a member click HERE
Heritage Ohio Members, register for the webinar click HERE
And the winner is…
Our voters have spoken and we thank you for voting. Our 2017 Preservation Month Photo Contest garnered the most votes ever, and we congratulate our winning entry submitted by Judith Khaner. As a past winner, Judith is no stranger to the photo contest and her entry this year once again struck a chord with our voters.
Stay tuned as we’ll feature Judith’s winning entry on the cover of a future issue of Revitalize Ohio.
Thanks again to our voters, and thanks to everyone who submitted an entry this year. We look forward to seeing the great entries you come up with in 2018!
Narrative: Midwest Railway Preservation Society, a non-profit corporation, is restoring and preserving Cleveland’s B&O Railroad Roundhouse, built in the early 1900s. Their restoration work on the railroad turntable, building, vintage locomotives and rail cars continues the important work of educating and entertaining people about railroad history in Ohio. I was fortunate to photograph these laborers during an informative Roundhouse tour.
Save the Places that Matter to You on #GivingTuesday
Thank you for being part of Ohio’s historic preservation and community revitalization movement. Like us, you want to save the places where your most cherished memories took place. Whether it’s in your hometown, or the place you call home now, we know how important these places are to you. On #GivingTuesday, November 29th, donate and say, “I want to save the places that matter to me and my family!”
What Your Donation Means:
Saving the Places that Matter – Heritage Ohio has worked to save hundreds of beloved historic buildings throughout Ohio. By returning these treasured buildings to use, we help your favorite small businesses succeed, as well as improve the quality of life in your community.
Building Community – All of us want strong, prosperous communities to live and work in. Heritage Ohio helps communities like yours succeed by using the unique buildings and talent that reside in your town. We provide the information and assistance needed to take the next step and make smart decisions that allow your community to thrive.
Living Better – Heritage Ohio advocates for you and your community at the local, state, and national levels. We are letting legislators and officials know what we need to make Ohio the best place to raise our families, create meaningful careers, and building a better life for all Ohioans.
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