livingston paquette rpo2012
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Mark Paquette, of the Windham Regional COG, and Ken Livingston, of Fitzgerald & Halliday, at the 2012 National Rural Transportation Conference.TRANSCRIPT
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NADORural Transportation Conference
Burlington, VermontApril 2012
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Project Location
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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
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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
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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
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ConsortiumMembers
• 1,000 Friends of Connecticut• The Access Community Action Agency • City of New London, Connecticut• City of Norwich, Connecticut• EASTCONN• Eastern Connecticut State University• Mohegan Tribal Utilities• Northeastern Connecticut Economic
Partnership• Norwich Community Development
Corporation• Quinebaug Valley Community College• Southeast Area Transit District• Southeastern Connecticut Enterprise
Region
• The Last Green Valley, Inc.• Thames Valley Community Council for
Action• Town of Groton, Connecticut• Town of Killingly, Connecticut• Town of Putnam, Connecticut• Town of Windham, Connecticut• Transportation to Work Consortium• United Way of Central and Northwestern
Connecticut• Windham ARTS Collaborative• Windham Region Community Council, Inc.• Windham Region Transit District
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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
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MOBILITY HOUSINGEMPLOYMENT
QUALITY OF LIFE
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Workforce development
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
1%
Health Care and Social Assistance
15%
Manufacturing14%
Educational Services13%
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
12%
Retail Trade10%
Accommodation and Food Services
8%
Professional, Scientific, and
Technical Services4%
Public Administration3%
Transportation and Warehousing
3%
Construction3%
Wholesale Trade3%
Administration & Support, Waste Management and
Remediation3%
Other Services (excluding Public Administration)
2% Finance and Insurance
2%
Utilities1%
Information1%
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing1%
Management of Companies and Enterprises
0%
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
0%
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57,349
Who works in region?
113,082
45,845
INFLOW
2010 Census OnTheMap
OUTFLOW
INTERNAL
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Transportation is a means to an end‐
Housing, Jobs, and Retail
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Affordable transportation?
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Traditional solutions are not the answer‐ need innovative
solutions based on collaboration and partnerships
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Underserved are under appreciated and not communicated with
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Reach out beyond your traditional stakeholders
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Create awareness of options and opportunities
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More Information
• www.sustaineasternct.org• Follow us on Twitter @sustaineastct• http://www.facebook.com/sustaineasternct
Ken Livingston, AICPFitzgerald & Halliday, [email protected]‐247‐7200
Mark PaquetteExecutive DirectorWindham Regional Council of [email protected](860) 456‐2221
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Real Life
“I know a lot of people looking and cannot find anything”
“No affordable housing for low income single mothers”
“There are not enough jobs in general”
“Minimum wage jobs – not even enough to cover rent –let along buy food”
“No buses to the towns where they have jobs”
“Public transportation doesn’t run often”
“Minimum wage doesn’t cover the cost of living”