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Planning and Zoning
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American
Planning Association (APA) |
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The American
Planning Association (APA) is a nonprofit public
interest and research organization representing 39,000
practicing planners, officials, and citizens involved with urban
and rural planning issues. Sixty-five percent of APA's members
work for state and local government agencies. These members are
involved, on a day-to-day basis, in formulating planning
policies and preparing land-use regulations. APA's objective is
to encourage planning that will meet the needs of people and
society more effectively. |
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Greater
Ohio - Restoring Prosperity |
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| The Restoring
Prosperity to Ohio initiative is a non-partisan,
multi-year research and policy initiative focused on developing
and advancing an agenda for revitalizing Ohio’s older
industrial cities.
It is part of the Brookings
Institution’s national Restoring Prosperity Initiative that
was launched in May 2007 with the release of their study,
Restoring Prosperity: The State Role in Revitalizing America’s
Older Industrial Cities.
The Brookings Institution and
Greater Ohio are partnered to take this national report to the
state level by performing a more detailed analysis of Ohio that
examines economic and development patterns across 32 Ohio cities
(Piqua included). |
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Ohio
Planning Conference (OPC)
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The Ohio
Planning Conference (OPC) is a statewide, non-profit
association of citizens and professional planners committed to
promoting and enhancing planning and the quality of planning for
all governmental entities in order to maintain and improve the
quality of life for all Ohio citizens. The OPC is a state
chapter of the American Planning Association (APA). |
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ReBuild
Ohio |
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| ReBuild
Ohio is a consortium of local government, nonprofit and
civic organizations concerned with the debilitating effects of
vacant and abandoned property in Ohio. ReBuild Ohio has a keen
interest in the relationship of foreclosures to the incidence of
vacancy and abandonment. The mission of ReBuild Ohio is to
promote the revitalization and reuse of vacant and abandoned
properties, in an effort to enhance the quality of life for all
Ohioans. Through research, advocacy and education, ReBuild Ohio
seeks to improve existing code enforcement, land use, data
information and other preventative tools, and to help develop
new state law and local policies for expeditious acquisition and
disposition of vacant and abandoned properties. |
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Tree
Wizard (From the Arbor Day Foundation) |
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| A great way to enhance the
appearance of your property and to increase the parcel valuation
is to add landscaping. The experts at the Arbor Day
Foundation have created a free planting evaluation tool known as
the Tree
Wizard. Simply answer a few questions and the Tree
Wizard will provide a list of plantings appropriate for the
location you desire to landscape. |
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The Planning and Zoning Office is a division of the City of Piqua
Development Office and operates under the leadership of Planning and
Zoning Supervisor, Chris Schmiesing.
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