Council and Community Leaders Kickoff Regional Corridor Analysis
Who:
Councilmember Shannon Hardin
MORPC Executive Director
William Murdock
Columbus Partnership President and CEO Alex Fischer
COTA Interim President
and CEO Emille Williams
Steiner + Associates CEO
Yaromir Steiner
When:
Thursday, November 30
10am
Where:
Westgate Community Center
455 S. Westgate Ave.
What:
The
City of Columbus, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC), the Central
Ohio Transit Authority (COTA), the Columbus District Council of the Urban Land
Institute (ULI Columbus) and other central Ohio leaders announce the kickoff of
the Regional Corridor Analysis.
MORPC
projects that Central Ohio is expected to grow up to 1 million people by the
year 2050. The insight2050 initiative shows that compact development patterns,
characterized by infill and redevelopment, are more responsive to the changing
demographics associated with this growth.
The
Regional Corridor Analysis will study a variety of metrics to assess the
impact(s) of compact development along five regional corridors, and study the
relationship between these corridors and the various types of high-capacity
transit technologies.
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