Regional Economic Resilience

Regional Economic Resilience

The ThriveTogether Sustainability Playbook for Greater Cincinnati features a series of Implementation Measures for the community called the Priority Climate Action Plan.

This table of strategies was compiled from the direct input of shareholders in the region, gathered primarily on the Go Vocal platform.

With a diverse and varied region, robust public engagement is the central mechanism that formulates the planning and implementation process.

Proposed Implementation Measures for Regional Economic Resilience from the Priority Climate Action Plan include:

1. Support fleet EV and alternative fuel vehicle purchases for local government, school districts, and transit.
2. Support use of battery electric locomotives in local rail freight operations.
3. Use incentives to grow transit ridership to improve efficiency and reduce emissions
4. Provide needed infrastructure support for Bus Rapid Transit, including transit centers and park & ride facilities.
5. Develop more affordable housing close to good transit service.
6. Advance efforts to develop and utilize sustainable aviation fuel via feasibility studies and/or infrastructure.
7. Support ongoing intra/interstate Amtrak projects. Develop a proposal for a regional system.
8. Implement programs to bridge the gap between rail travel and local destinations and movement while at the destination.
9. Develop community solar to support local nonprofits and community-based groups.
10. Support the implementation of municipal virtual power plants
11. Continue the development of hydropower along the Ohio and Great Miami Rivers.
12. Increase adoption of SolSmart principles by area local governments to make the installation of solar easier and less costly in the region
13. Create a fiscally-positive revolving loan fund or grant opportunity to finance energy-efficient and/or solar improvements for local and county public entities (governments, schools, libraries, park districts, etc.) in the region.
14. Help connect non-profit organizations with funding for energy efficiency and solar.
15. Conduct energy audits and make energy efficient building upgrades to public buildings
16. Adopt Energy Efficient Portfolio standards
17. Support foundational work, such as the regional 2030 District as they develop methods to achieve building efficiency goals.
18. Provide incentives to replace inefficient household appliances and HVAC equipment with new electric-based equipment
19. Encourage the development of residential units that are more energy efficient / adopt enhanced energy efficiency standards
20. Incentivize energy-efficient improvements through a property tax abatement program.
21. Conserve embodied carbon in existing buildings by avoiding demolition of existing buildings where possible. 

Please share your insights on our existing implementation measures or submit new ideas below on what can be done to improve Regional Economic Resilience in your community.