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RFP Zoning Code Update – City of Pickerington
The City of Pickerington, a growing city located within northwestern Fairfield County with a population of approximately 25,000, is soliciting Request for Proposals (RFPs) from a qualified zoning consultant or team (herein referred to as “consultant”) to lead the City in the preparation and adoption of an update to the City’s planning and zoning code. The City seeks a consultant that will craft code updates that are in alignment with the City’s Comprehensive Plan, especially for the City’s Olde Village.
Economic and Community Development Specialist – Ohio Mid-Eastern Governments Association (OMEGA)
The Economic & Community Development Specialist (Development Specialist) will be responsible for
executing critical community engagement and grant-writing management tasks within OMEGA’s
Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) service
areas. The Development Specialist will work under the supervision of OMEGA’s ARC Program Manager as
well as the Senior Development Specialist, with tasks divided between ARC and EDA grant-writing and
related tasks. The position is ideal for an early- to-mid-level professional seeking an opportunity to engage
in impactful local planning and grant-writing as they relate to infrastructure and industrial development
in communities throughout mid-eastern Ohio.
Keeping Ohio Ahead, Submitting for Governor’s Cup on a Quarterly Basis
Participation in Site Selection’s Governor’s Cup is an important opportunity to showcase your communities and how you’ve made an impact by nominating the economic development project wins.
Hold the Date: July 26th – Community Rooted Economic Inclusion Playbook Webinar
The Ohio Economic Development Association is sponsoring a complimentary webinar on bringing equity and diversity to neighborhoods on July 26, 2021, 3 to 4:30pm. Sponsored in collaboration with the International Economic Development Council and the Brookings Institute, the Community-rooted Economic Inclusion Strategic Action Playbook argues that now is the time for community, city, and regional leaders to advance bold place-based solutions that foster long-overdue investment and opportunity within disinvested communities—and to do so in a way that benefits existing residents and small businesses within these communities.
Substantial Transportation Funding Opportunities Blossoming
While this May has been cold, transportation funding opportunities are starting to heat up. The month of May brings with it funding opportunities for Ohio’s Transportation Improvement Districts (TIDs). Ohio has 51 TIDs covering large areas of the state. These intergovernmental agencies are designed to foster planning and cooperation among different counties and local governments to plan for regional transportation priorities. TIDs have local, state and federal transportation funding sources upon which they can access.
Spooky Nook’s first tenant will be a familiar face
Spooky Nook, the massive indoor sports complex and hotel under construction in Hamilton, has announced its first retail tenant as the project nears its targeted completion date by the end of this year.
Municipal Brew Works, which opened in Hamilton in 2016, inked a 15-year lease earlier this month to operate its second location from the development’s Mill Two, which will also house Spooky Nook’s 233-room on-site hotel. Owners Jim Goodman and Mark Jackson told me the expansion will allow Municipal to brew more experimental beers. Demand at its original site on High Street is so high that it doesn’t allow for a lot of that now.
ARPA Treasury Guidance Begins to Rollout
The United States Treasury Department on May 7, 2021, released the first batch of guidance on how local, state, tribal and territory governments can use the $350M in American Rescue Program Act (ARPA) funds.
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