Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC

Destination Erie: A Regional VisionWork 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

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Existing Conditions & Key Issues

The Region’s Report Card

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%

51%

51%

39%

29%

24%

18%

14%

7%

4%

Current Development Pattern

Trend Scenario

+ 88,077 acres

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?

Revised Vision Themes

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“Game-Stoppers” & Discussion

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

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Next Steps

Tuesday May 7, 2013Girard 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, 2013Lawrence 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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