Cancelled -Revitalizing Your Community: How Your Area's Labor, Learning, Lifestyle and Leadership Will Determine Success

Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 9:00am

Address:
614-885-1885
6500 Doubletree Avenue
Columbus, OH 43229

Due to a low number of registrants and out of respect for the speakers, this training session has been cancelled.  Full refunds will be issued to registrants.

The Ohio Conference of Community Development, an organization of 160 local governments administering programs to improve Ohio’s communities and make them more competitive, is developing a program to help communities adjust policies to emerging demographics on April 22, 2014 at the Crowne Plaza Columbus North-Worthington, 6500 Doubletree Avenue in Columbus.

Ohio’s declining and aging populations as well as reductions in revenues present extreme challenges to local government, especially to small and medium sized communities. The underlying themes of the April 22nd event are that communities must think regionally to marshal assets and reduce costs. Also the growing economic reality is jobs will go to and stay in communities that have a supply of educated willing workers that can add high value to the products and services generated.

Most local governments have relegated education to school boards and institutions of higher education resulting in a workforce with skills that do not match the skills needed by Ohio employers. Chancellor Carey will attend - shsaring his knowledge and vision to help convince local governments that it will take all elements of a community, both private and public, to generate the employees needed for the jobs to sustain and improve the quality of Ohio’s communities.

AGENDA

AGING WORKFORCE AND STATIC OR DECLINING POPULATION: Steven Kelley, the Chief Economist for the State of Ohio

HOW EDUCATION MUST ADDRESS THE UPCOMING SHORTAGE OF QUALIFIED WORKERS:  John Carey, Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, and former Mayor of  Wellston

HOW TO ASSESS NEEDS, DEVISE SOLUTIONS AND ATTRACT THE PRIVATE SECTOR THAT LEADS TO SUCCESS:  Patrick Bowen, President of the Bowen National Research

LESSONS FROM LEGACY CITIES, REGIONAL ECONOMICS AND QUALITY OF LIFE, LESSONS ALREADY LEARNED:  Lavea Brachman, Executive Director of Greater Ohio Policy Center and coauthor of “Regenerating America’s Legacy Cities”

LEADERSHIP AND PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: Nan Whaley, Mayor of Dayton, and Learn to Earn Executive Committee Member

FINAL DISCUSSION: IT’S NOT POPULATION GROWTH, BUT QUALITY OF LIFE AND “THE ECONOMY, STUPID!” Panel Discussion chaired by Ken Lengieza AICP, Marion City/County RPC to pullout audience comments and suggestions to find practical, politically workable solutions.