Livingston paquette rpo2012
- 1. NADO Rural Transportation Conference Burlington, Vermont April 2012
- 4. Regional Characteristics • 1,250 square miles • 64 towns, 3 regional planning agencies, 2 tribal nations • Population 430,331 • Poverty Rate near 25% • One out of three working households fails to meet the self‐sufficiency standard in the region • 25.5% of area adults have bachelor’s degree
- 5. How did this begin? A Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant from: • US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development • US Dept. of Transportation • US Environmental Protection Agency To develop a cohesive regional plan of sustainable development for Eastern CT
- 6. Lead Partners • Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board • Northeastern CT Council of Governments • Southeast CT Council of Governments • Southeastern CT Housing Alliance • Windham Region Council of Governments
- 7. Consortium Members • 1,000 Friends of Connecticut • The Last Green Valley, Inc. • The Access Community Action Agency • Thames Valley Community Council for • City of New London, Connecticut Action • City of Norwich, Connecticut • Town of Groton, Connecticut • EASTCONN • Town of Killingly, Connecticut • Eastern Connecticut State University • Town of Putnam, Connecticut • Mohegan Tribal Utilities • Town of Windham, Connecticut • Northeastern Connecticut Economic • Transportation to Work Consortium Partnership • United Way of Central and Northwestern • Norwich Community Development Connecticut Corporation • Windham ARTS Collaborative • Quinebaug Valley Community College • Windham Region Community Council, Inc. • Southeast Area Transit District • Windham Region Transit District • Southeastern Connecticut Enterprise Region
- 8. What is the Project? The creation of this plan will include an analysis to: – Identify benefits of a fully integrated plan – Identify current and future challenges the plan should try to address – Evaluate system issues contributing to the mismatch between current plans
- 9. QUALITY OF LIFE MOBILITY EMPLOYMENT HOUSING
- 10. Workforce development Real Estate and Other Services (excluding Rental and Public Administration) Leasing Mining, 2% Finance and 1% Quarrying, and Management of Oil and Gas Insurance Companies and Information Extraction 2% Enterprises 1% Agriculture, 0% Administration & Support, 0% Forestry, Fishing Waste Management and and Hunting Remediation Utilities 1% 1% 3% Wholesale Trade 3% Construction 3% Health Care and Social Transportation and Assistance Warehousing 15% 3% Public Administration 3% Professional, Manufacturing Scientific, and 14% Technical Services 4% Accommodation and Food Services 8% Educational Services 13% Retail Trade Arts, 10% Entertainment, and Recreation 12%
- 11. Who works in region? INTERNAL INFLOW OUTFLOW 45,845 57,349 113,082 2010 Census OnTheMap
- 12. Transportation is a means to an end‐ Housing, Jobs, and Retail
- 14. Traditional solutions are not the answer‐ need innovative solutions based on collaboration and partnerships
- 17. Create awareness of options and opportunities
- 18. More Information • www.sustaineasternct.org • Follow us on Twitter @sustaineastct • http://www.facebook.com/sustaineasternct Ken Livingston, AICP Mark Paquette Fitzgerald & Halliday, Inc. Executive Director www.fhiplan.com Windham Regional Council of [email protected] Governments 860‐247‐7200 www.wincog.org [email protected] (860) 456‐2221