On Development: Local challenges become regional
The data on growth patterns raises the question of how a region should be governed.
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On Development: Our neighborhoods need density, not DoorDash
Density creates the critical mass that can put local restaurants within walking distance of other shops and neighborhood services and attractions.
On Development: Rapid-transit is moving slowly. Maybe we need a new model
Our policies suggest a willingness to spend any amount to add lanes and bigger (towering!) interchanges for major highways, while transit spending is too often regarded as frivolous.
On Development: The cloud is still made of concrete
The ongoing data center construction boom has our columnist asking himself some questions.
On Development: More local voices needed
The city needs to find ways to support economic development and build more housing without so readily awarding tax breaks, and that means bringing in new perspectives.
On Development: Progressive tax policy in Ohio?!? Maybe
It’s very easy for owners to pay low taxes on decaying properties while waiting for somebody else to begin a resurgence. A proposed move to a land tax would make it harder for these squatters to wait.
On Development: Whatever happened to homegrown economic development?
Economic strategies in Ohio are more focused on helping existing corporations get stronger than on actually developing something new.
On Development: Developing better health care and hospitals
Despite the hospital construction projects all over the state, residents across most of Ohio are no closer to health care – and many are even further removed from hospitals.
On Development: Of salad greens and sensible growth
Many developers and sellers confuse demand for a certain type of housing and a willingness to buy. There are hundreds of thousands of people in central Ohio who prefer older houses and apartments.
On Development: Cars can’t take us where we need to go
The billions of dollars of new road improvements cited in MORPC’s analysis 26 years ago have already been spent, and now we’re still looking at the same challenges with more people and more roads.