Steering Committee Meeting #2Ashtabula County Comprehensive Plan

December 14, 2020

4:30-6:00 pm

Welcome

Jake Brand

Director, Community Services & Planning

1. Welcome

2. Stakeholder Interviews

3. Communications and Outreach

4. Engagement Round 1

5. Existing Land Use and Development Trends

Agenda

Stakeholder Interviews

Brian Ashworth, PLA

planning NEXT

Key questions

1. What’s going well in the County?

2. What’s not going well?

3. Vision for the future of the County?

Stakeholder Interview Highlights

1. Many assets to celebrate and share

2. Tourism, including agri-tourism

3. Economic development opportunities

4. Community cohesion and strong, personal relationships

What’s going well?

1. Need more drive for long-term economic development and competitive employment opportunities

2. Housing and commercial needs

3. Emphasis on education

4. Attracting additional tourism/recreation opportunities year-round

What’s not going well?

1. Job training seen as an important investment, including skillsets “beyond K-12 education.”

2. “A nice place to offer rural living close to urban areas.”

3. “Though tourism is great, the County needs to diversify to make a strong foundation and develop the people that want to live here.”

Vision for the future?

Communications and

Outreach

Sarah Kelly, AICP and Brian Ashworth, PLA

planning NEXT

Project Identity

AllinAshtabula.com

1. Hub for project information

2. Main tool for public input

Business Card & Rack Card

1. Key messages

2. Public input

3. Communication channels

DRAFT Communications and Outreach Plan

1. Organization

2. Contact

3. Sign-up

See link in chat

Google Form for Outreach

Engagement Round 1

Sarah Kelly, AICP

planning NEXT

• Tuesday, January 19, 6-7 pm

• Wednesday, January 20, 12-1 pm

• Friday, January 22, 9-10 am

Virtual Workshops

• Open from January 19 through at least February 8

• Virtual workshops will direct users to the website, asking big picture questions and identify Strong/Weak places on a live map

Online Activities

• Email to your personal / professional networks

• Call/text to your neighbors, friends, etc.

• Social media posts about events

How will you help us spread the word?

Existing Land Use and

Development Trends

Everyone!

1. Draft Existing Land Use Plan

2. Key development trends discussion

Existing Land Use and Development Trends

1. Based on auditor information

2. 74% of County is agriculture

See link in chat

Existing Land Use Map

1. What type of land use changes have you seen in the past decade or do you expect to see more of in the future?

2. What kind of development would you like to see more of?

3. What kind of development in the County concerns you?

What do you see at current trends in development?

Next Steps

1. Conduct outreach

2. Initiate technical analysis

3. Facilitate workshops

Next Steps

Thank you!