July 2007, MVRPC began a 4-year Regional Land Use Planning initiative titled Going Places: An Integrated Land Use Vision for the Miami Valley Region. Working with various regional stakeholders, this new initiative is to follow a 3-phase land use planning process to develop a shared future land use vision, represented by the conceptual 2040 regional growth framework for the Miami Valley Region.
Development in this scenario will be concentrated around regional assets and in areas that already have the infrastructure to support it.
The Going Places initiative is currently in Phase III – Building a Clear and Shared Regional Land Use Framework phase. Building upon the findings from the first phase assessing the existing conditions and the seven alternative future land use scenarios built from the future landscape exploration phase, the final phase is to select a final preferred scenario, develop a 2040 Regional Growth Framework, and build consensus around it.
The Going Places Phase II – Future Landscape Exploration has been completed. The seven alternative Future Land Use Scenarios were developed by engaging the public and special interest groups at 33 workshops and evaluated using a set of 12 performance indicators to measure the potential effect of each scenario on the Miami Valley Region.
The Going Places Phase I – Existing Condition Assessment has been completed. Various studies were completed to evaluate the Region's physical landscape and to identify various socio-economic trends in the Region. Information and all reports for each of the studies are available online.
The Going Places Steering Committee and Planning Advisory Committee provide a leadership and overall strategic direction for the initiative. Information from each of the committee meeting is available online.
July 2007, MVRPC began a 4-year Regional Land Use Planning initiative titled Going Places: An Integrated Land Use Vision for the Miami Valley Region. Working with various regional stakeholders, this new initiative is to follow a 3-phase land use planning process to develop a shared future land use vision, represented by the conceptual 2040 regional growth framework for the Miami Valley Region.
The 2040 regional growth framework is not to set traditional land use designations such as future residential, commercial, or industrial areas. Rather, it is to identify areas desired and appropriate for future development, re-development and preservation.
The planning area includes Greene, Miami, and Montgomery counties and the cities of Carlisle, Franklin, and Springboro in northern part of Warren County.
Going Places staff has answered many of the Frequently Asked Questions about the Going Places initiative.
