Public transit advocates make the case to significantly boost funding in state budget
India Birdsong, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority CEO and general manager
Responding to a barrage of criticism from transit advocates, Ohio legislators have significantly boosted funding for public transportation in the 2021-2022 budget.
The Ohio House Finance Committee on Thursday, Feb. 25, accepted a substitute to House Bill 74, committing $97 million a year in total funding annually for public transit agencies hit hard by low ridership and pandemic-related expenses.
The increase is a far cry from the paltry $7.3 million a year, in state funds only, originally proposed by Gov. Mike DeWine s executive budget for the transportation agencies. That was a 90% drop from the $70 million in funds in the 2020-2021 budget.
Portsmouth Master Plan includes Future Land Use Plan
Staff report
In the strengths and opportunities map results, the Boneyfiddle District and Chillicothe Street Downtown received the most votes. The East End was identified as the city’s greatest challenge but also received many votes as an opportunity area for the city as well.
PORTSMOUTH Portsmouth’s new Master Plan – Elevate Portsmouth, released early this year, contains a “Future Land Use Plan” as an important component of the city’s development envisioned by the MKSK firm in Columbus along with local city officials, Scioto Foundation personnel and area representatives.
The Land Use Plan is to be accompanied by a Housing Study conducted by the Greater Ohio Policy Center, now underway. The Future Land Use Plan is a statement of policy to be used as a guide for development and infrastructure decisions, according to the Master Plan.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy today launched an initiative to mobilize investment in low-income communities, especially those that have been excluded from access to mainstream financial and wealth-building resources.
Image: Customers at food trucks in Atlanta, Georgia. Representatives from Georgia, including InvestAtlanta and the Georgia Housing Finance Authority, and 13 other states are participating in the Lincoln Institute s new Accelerating Community Investment Initiative. Credit: BluIz60/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Plus.
The initiative, Accelerating Community Investment (ACI), seeks to create a more fertile environment for philanthropies and other mission-aligned investors to deepen investment in community and economic development, housing, and other areas that benefit society. The initiative will bring public finance officials, impact investors, financial institutions, and comm
Tax tangle: Small businesses should brace for the possibility of withholdings that follow employees to their homes
JUDY STRINGER
Small businesses may have one more COVID-fueled operational headache coming their way.
Ohio employees currently are regarded as working from their employer s principal place of business for tax purposes, even if they are really working from home.
That s thanks to House Bill 197 passed in March. Among a number of pandemic emergency measures, the bill temporarily suspends the state s 20-day rule, which requires employers to begin withholding tax for a municipality when an employee has been working in that municipality for more than 20 days.
The village of Greenfield is hosting a virtual public meeting later this month and is welcoming the public to offer its input on the future and revitalizat