wallace roberts & todd, llc destination erie: a regional vision work group meeting
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Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC
Destination Erie: A Regional VisionWork Group Meeting
Work Group Meeting
Today’s Agenda
• Where are we in the Planning Process? (15 mins)
• Existing Conditions / Summary of Key Issues (30 mins)
• “Game-Stoppers” (15 mins)
• Next Steps (25 mins)
• April 24th : Consortium Leadership Meeting
• Public Work Shops: May 7th & 8th
• MetroQuest Video Demo
Phase 1: Initiation and Regional Assessment
Where are we now?
Public Participation Plan
Public Launch / Stakeholder Interviews
Project Website
Existing Conditions & Trends Report
Mar 2012 – Dec 2012 Sep 2012 – Oct 2013
Overall Schedule
Phase 2: Vision, Scenarios, & Strategy Development
What do we want to be?
Public Workshop #1
Trend and Alternative Scenarios
Public Workshop #2
Regional Vision Statement
Preferred Future Direction
CAPACITY BUILDING
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Nov 2013 – Feb 2015
Phase 3: Vision & Action Plan
How do we get there?
Public Workshop #3
Plan Framework & Strategies
Draft Plan Development
Public Workshop #4
Final Plan
Planning Process
Planning Process
Where are we in Phase 2?
Vision Themes
Trend Scenario, 3
Alternatives, Indicators
Select a Preferred Scenario
Full Vision Statement
Plan, Actions,
Programs
Public Engagement / Planning Implementation
Summary of Key Issues
1. High Poverty Rates and Concentrations of Poverty
2. Manufacturing Decline, Ongoing Economic Transformation
3. Mismatch between Available Jobs and Skills of Workforce
4. Lack of Regional Coordination
5. Inequality between Public Schools (e.g., reputation / test scores)
6. Suburbanization / Population Loss in Cities and Boroughs
7. Aging Housing Stock/Neighborhood Blight
8. Disparities in Access to Opportunity for Minority Communities
9. Distance between Population Centers and Jobs
10. Other Ideas
Intractable Problems:
54%
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24%
18%
14%
7%
4%
If things remain the same, how will Erie County develop in 2040?
Trend Scenario
• 1,063 residents and 13.5 sq miles of new developed area (1980 – 2000)
• Little population and employment growth projected
• Continued population loss in urban areas
• Additional pockets of blight and disinvestment
Housing Blight – Disinvestment (RDA)
Typical Low Density Development
Trend Scenario
• Increase in developed land of 88,077 acres
• For every $1 in tax revenue from a new residence, $1.15 will generally be spent on services. (Penn State Cost of Community Services study)
• More commuting time / costs and greater air pollution
• Loss of open space benefits - $150 million a year in air pollution removal, flood control, water quality protection, etc. (LERC Study)
If things remain the same, how will Erie County develop in 2040?
Definition – A condition that is fundamentally holding the region back from addressing key problems and achieving the future vision.
• Lack of a Core Economic Strategy
• Political / Jurisdictional Fragmentation / Lack of Leadership
• Unsustainable Land Use Pattern
• Others ?
Potential Game-stoppers
Tuesday May 7, 2013
Girard 9:00am‐11:00am
St. John’s Parish Center (not the churchbut the parish center)1001 Main Street E.Girard, PA 16417
Wednesday May 8, 2013
Lawrence Park 9:00am ‐11:00am
Fairfield Social Hall4896 East Lake RoadErie, PA 16511
Waterford7:00pm – 9:00pm
Fort LeBoeuf High School931 N. High StreetWaterford, PA 16441
Erie City 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Avalon Hotel‐Niagara Room16 West 10th StreetErie, PA 16501
May 7th & 8th Workshops
MetroQuest Demo
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