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Ohio Township Association
Leadership Academy
Building Sustainable Communities
Presented by Ohio State University Extension
Myra Moss & Bill Grunkemeyer
July 31, 2008
Please List Three Reasons Why You
Live Where You Do
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMIC
SOCIAL
Causality vs. Intentionality
Causality Intentionality
The belief that the Purposeful design of
improvement to one equitable benefit for
basic factor will result each factor in
in an automatic connection with all
benefit to all other other factors
related factors
Social Equity
Economic Prosperity Ecological Integrity
Supporting Entrepreneurs
Source: Center for Study of Rural America Federal Reserve Bank of
Kansas City
Sustainable Community
Seeks to maintain and improve the
economic, environmental and social
characteristics of an area so its members
can continue to lead healthy, productive,
enjoyable lives there.
Maureen Hart
Traditional vs. Sustainable
Development
Traditional Sustainable
Creating excess wealth Finding a balance
to provide resources between economic,
to reach social and social and
environmental goals environmental issues
Township Trustee Action
• Very small populated township in heavy forested area
• Largest/primary employer is a paper mill
• Paper mill will close unless it gets a state loan and local
tax incentives from the township trustees
• Conservation group wants to purchase the company’s
land. Local chapter is heading the effort by asking the
trustees to not approve the loan and tax incentives
• As a township trustee what action will you take ?
• What community social, economic or environmental
priority are you supporting by your decision?
Maine's Mount Katahdin
• Great Northern Paper: 2002
• Town of Millinocket
• Nature Conservancy
• 41,000 acre transfer to Nature Conservancy
• Conservation easement on 200,000 acres
• Nature Conservancy assume $50 million note of Great
Northern retiring $14 million and refinancing remainder
at ½ the rate
• 2003 bankruptcy
• Today Canadian Corporation bought two mills
• Employee 600 People
• Service economy four season tourism
Characteristics of
Sustainability
Interconnected
Economy, Society, Environment
Long term focus
Inclusionary
Multidimensional
Social Equity
Economic Prosperity Ecological Integrity
Ethos
VALUES EXPECTATIONS
MEANINGS OBLIGATIONS
PURPOSES LEGITIMATIONS
ETHOS
“The subtle web of values, meanings,
purposes, expectations, obligations and
legitimations that constitutes the
operating norms of a culture in
relationship to a social entity”
Max Stackhouse, 1972
Traditional Planning
Activities
What are some criticisms that you
often hear about traditional planning
activities?
Inclusionary
Involve residents directly
Go to where people gather
Reduce barriers to participation
• Creating a Vested Interest
A. Go Where People Gather
• Creating a Vested Interest
B. Ask them their treasures and
rainbows
Use brainstorming, appreciative inquiry,
focus groups and even surveys
Lasswell’s Wheel
• LASSWELL’S Government, Courts,
Unions
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TREASURES
What do we value the most about
our Community?
RAINBOWS
What do we hope our Community
will be for our grand-children and
great grand-children?
Long Term Focus
Consider impact of decisions made today on
grandchildren and great grandchildren
Develop a shared vision 50 years into the
future
INDICATOR
Tells us:
Where we are
Where we are going
How far we have to go
Multidimensional
Each goal strives to include social,
environmental and economic components
Multidimensional indicators track progress
toward reaching objectives and goals
Common goals developed and shared by all
interest groups
Multi-Dimensional Indicators
Number of jobs
• Economic
created
• Social
Jobs that pay a living
wage
• Environmental Jobs that do not
decrease the quality
of the area’s aquifer
• Combined (Multi- Creation of jobs that
Dimensional) pay a living wage
and do not decrease
the area’s aquifer
Ohio Communities Using Extension
Sustainable Community Approach
West Chester Township, Butler County Community Plan
Swanton Area: Fulton Townships of Swan Community Vision
Creek & Fulton…Lucas Townships Swanton &
Harding, plus Swanton Village, Swanton Area
Chamber & Swanton School District
City of Kent Comprehensive Land
Use Plan
Carroll County Comprehensive Land
Use Plan
Marion County Community Plan
Noble County Community Plan
Ohio Communities Using Extension
Sustainable Community Approach
City of West Carrollton In Process on Comprehensive Plan
City of Salem In Process on Comprehensive Plan
Columbiana County In Process on Comprehensive Plan
Myra Moss, Extension Specialist Bill Grunkemeyer, Extension
Sustainable Development Specialist
Initiatives Sustainable Development
Initiatives
Ohio State University Extension Ohio State University Extension
Community Development 1680 Madison Avenue
2120 Fyffe Rd Administrative Building
Columbus, Ohio Wooster, Ohio 44691
Ph: 614.292.8436 Phone: 330.263.3799
E-mail: moss.63@osu.edu E-mail: grunkemeyer.1@osu.edu
Web Site:
http://sustainabledevelopment.
osu.edu
