An overview of community development strategies being implemented in Northside, a neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.

1. Intentionally
Inclusive
Community
Ollie Kroner
Northside
Community
Council
INTENTIONALLY
INCLUSIVE
COMMUNITY

2. Northside Community Council
• Neighborhood Population: 8,000
• ~350 Active members, 40-60 attend per meeting
• 13 Board members
• Committees: Education, House Tour, Porch Tour, Sustainability,
Safety + Livability, Parade, Skate Park, Youth Soccer Program
• Affiliates: Apple Street Market, NorthsideFarmer’s Market,
Citizens on Patrol, PAR Projects, Northside Business
Association, NEST

3. Council Ground Rules
• Start off with introductions
• Encourage participation - open discussion of agenda items
• All membersvote on all issues
• Work toward consensus come to action
• Meetings are no more than 2 hours
• Think big, be patient

4. Communicate
• Social media
• Cross membership with other
organizations and committees
• Bits and Pieces email list
• The Northsider monthly
newspaper

5. Changes
• Lots
of
development,
infill
• New
residents,
increasing
property
values
• Lost
our
grocery
store
• Entertainment
District
zoning
• Surge
of
women/minority
owned
businesses

6. Thinking Forward - Who do we want to be
• 2014 Land Use Plan
• Maintain an ethnically and economically diverse community
• Unique, non-chain, historic business district
• A place to raise a family, a place to grow old
• Sustainability-focused development

7. Inclusive by design
• US EPA Equitable Development Grant
• “Steer development before development steers the neighborhood”
• Conduct Housing Inventory
• Community Land Trust, Renter’s Equity
• Addressing food desert

8. Sustainability
• US
EPA
Grant
to
evaluate
opportunities
for
sustainable
development
• LEED-­‐ND
Neighborhood
evaluation,
focus
on:
• Transit,
connectivity,
walkability
• Building
density
• Greenspace
protection
• Energy
performance
of
building
stock

9. Celebrate!
• Parade
• Rock
n
Roll
Carnival
• House
Tour
&
Porch
Tour
• Summer
Streets

10. Change
• New Council members,
new leadership
• Bylaws revisions every
5 years
• Communication/
outreachstrategies
Keep
• Planning
• Principles
• Vision
• Institutional
memory
• Complaints into
solutions
• Ideas into actions
• Anecdotes into stories
• Neighborsinto
community builders
Turn

11. Come Visit!
olliekroner@gmail.com
@olliekroner