Forum

Forum Sponsors

Convening Co-sponsors

Cleveland Neighborhood Development Coalition

Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission

National Vacant Properties Campaign

 

Lead Sponsor

Smart Growth America

 

Gold Sponsor

Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission

 

Silver Sponsors

The Enterprise Foundation

Neighborhood Progress, Inc.

Ohio Association of Realtors

Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing

Ohio Department of Development

Safeguard Properties, Inc.

 

Bronze Sponsors

Fannie Mae

Local Initiative Support Corporation

NeighborWorks® America

 

Special Supporters

Cuyahoga County Department of Development

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Ohio Planning Conference, with its Cleveland, Miami Valley, and Northwest Ohio chapters

 

Planning Committee

City of Columbus City Attorney’s Office

City of Columbus Department of Development

City of Columbus Mayor’s Office

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Community Advocacy Clinic

Columbus Urban League

COUNTY CORP

Cuyahoga County Treasurer’s Office

Delta Institute

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Fifth Third Bank (Dayton)

Franklin County Treasurer’s Office

Greater Ohio

Heritage Ohio

Mahoning County Treasurer’s Office

Neighborhood Development Corporations Association of Greater Cincinnati

Neighborhood Progress, Inc.

Ohio CDC Association

Ohio Department of Development

OHIO VACANT PROPERTIES FORUM:

CURRENT CHALLENGES, CRAFTING CHANGES

Session Presentations

Ohio Vacant Properties Forum – Columbus, OH, October 24-25, 2005

  • The Vacant Property Challenge in Ohio: The Cycle of Abandonment
    • Doug Harsany, Ohio Department of Development (100kb PPT)
    • Joe Schilling, Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech (20.2mb PPT)
  • The Ohio Story: Legal, Demographic, and Market Trends
    • Jason Reece, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Ohio State University (1.7mb PPT)
    • Gene Krebs, Greater Ohio (3.3mb PPT)
  • Myron Orfield – Ohio Metropatterns: A Regional Agenda for Community and Stability in Ohio (9.5mb PPT)
  • Tapping Into Available Resources
  • National Models Part I: Remedies and Opportunities

Additional presentations from the Ohio forum will be posted as we receive them.