b'VibrantCommunitiesVIBRANT COMMUNITIESWe leverage and protect the considerable resources of the Miami Valley Region by gathering public input, adopting plans and securing public, and private funding to enhance our Region and communities. The actions to support Vibrant Communities are listed as: Promote Transportation Choices, Attract Funding, Promote Regional Perspective, and Encourage local planning. National Advanced Air MobilityAs part of the Forum, Martin Kim, MVRPCs Director of Industry Forum Featuring MVRPCsCommunity and Regional Planning was invited to participate in a Public Adoption Panel session. During the session, Martin Kim as Panelist Mr. Kim discussed and shared insights on many potential The Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) is a broad concept tobenefits and opportunities that AAM can bring as well as include daily aviation mobility. AAM includes moving light,issues and challenges that need to be addressed in order time-critical packages such as medical supplies by smallto facilitate public acceptance. He offered suggestions unmanned aircraft systemsinformally known as drones.on how AAM industry leaders can collaborate and AAM also includes the movement of people and cargopartner with Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), within communities and regional travels. community leaders, and planning practitioners to advance and integrate AAM into our communities at the local and The 3rd Annual National Advanced Air Mobility Industryregional level.Forum was held August 2021, 2024 at Clark StateAAM is a new emerging technology and therefore, the Colleges Hollenbeck Bayley Creative Arts and Conferenceoutcomes of AAM are unknown and unclear at this time. Center in Springfield, Ohio. Hosted by the DaytonThe significance of this technology, however, is that it is a Development Coalition, this forum brought togethernew transportation mode that has a potential to completely electrical vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircrafttransform our built environment and the way we travel, manufacturers and suppliers as well as speakers fromaccess services, and move goods in the near future.across the industry.MVRPC 2024 ANNUAL REPORT 11'