PDAC: Submission #268 | Dayton Development Coalition

Submission information

Project Details

1. To which Review Panel are you submitting your project? Quality of Life

2. Project title Economic Benefits Study of the Upper Little Miami River Corridor

3. Short description This project will show how protecting and improving the ecosystem in the LMR corridor enhances property value, provides recreational value, and contributes to the local economy. Local Data will be collected on ecosystem services in the corridor, which will be linked to home values using statistical techniques. Visitor counts and surveys at parks, including the bike path, will be used to determine recreational value. Grant funds will provide resources for data collection and analysis.

Organization Details

4. Organization making the request Greene County Community Foundation

5-8. Address 941 W. Second St.
Xenia, Ohio. 45385

9. County Greene

10. Recipient organization Little Miami River Kleeners

11-14. Address PO Box 23
Bellbrook, Ohio. 45305

15. County Greene

16. Organization type Non-profit

Organization Contact Details

17. Name Hope Taft

18. Title Co-Chair

19. Organization Little Miami River Kleeners

20. Telephone 937-848-2993

21. Email ohiohoper@yahoo.com

22-25. Address 2933 Lower Bellbrook Rd.
Spring Valley, Ohio. 45370

26. County Greene

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Location Details

28. City Xenia

29. County Greene

30. Congressional district Ohio 10th

Financial Details

31. Funding request 28557

32. Total Cost 107658

33. Other sources of funds Ohio State University will provide non-auditable match to the project through a graduate student who will be funded as a graduate teaching assistant during the academic year and who will work on this project as part of his thesis. The university will also pay for a senior research (Sohngen) to work with the graduate student to design the data collection and analysis. Sohngen and the graduate student will design the on-line survey using Qualtrics, which is site-licensed software for on-line data collection paid for by Ohio State University. OSU will provide the iPads that enumerators will use to collect the data. Matching funds equal $79,101.00. The matching funds have been earmarked through the economics department of the Ohio State University.

34. How the funds will be used Planning or Studies

35. Do you have matching funds raised or committed? If yes, explain in question #36. If no, skip to question #37. Yes

36. If yes, please provide additional information. (Or, budget document can be uploaded, see question 37) As above - Ohio State University will provide non-auditable match to the project through a graduate student who will be funded as a graduate teaching assistant during the academic year and who will work on this project as part of his thesis. The university will also pay for a senior research (Sohngen) to work with the graduate student to design the data collection and analysis. Sohngen and the graduate student will design the on-line survey using Qualtrics, which is site-licensed software for on-line data collection paid for by Ohio State University. OSU will provide the iPads that enumerators will use to collect the data.

37. Budget Yes

Budget File Upload

pdac-budget.docx (51.66 KB)

38. By what date will you be ready to spend the funds Immediately

39. Programs/grants for which this project would qualify None that we are aware of at this time.

Community Details

40. Community Need Water is the most important resource Greene County and its communities has, but if we dont take care of it, it will be worth nothing. As a society our value of things is based on its monetary worth. This study will help us define that value. The community will benefit when decision makers have a clear understanding of the tax and recreational value of the Little Miami River and its corridor. Community members would also benefit from an understanding of how the costs for repairing high water damage will continue to grow, if we do not building sustainably. This study proposes to find both the costs and the benefits of having the Little Miami River in the community. Without any specific numbers, policy leaders can not get a real understanding of the need to protect this valuable resource.

41. Previous Funding: Has the requesting organization received Congressionally earmarked funding in the past? If so, please provide a brief project description, year funded, amount, and Congressional sponsor. With a report on the cost/benefits of the Little Miami River and its corridor, we can work with communities and the county to address issues that raise taxpayer costs and promote ways that increase economic benefits to the communities . We will consider the project a success when we have numbers derived from a study by a reputable institution like OSU and can take it to council meetings, planning boards, county officers and show them in concrete terms what they can gain by protecting the quality of this national and state scenic river. Our goal would be to make 10 presentations within the first year to elected and/or appointed policy leaders in Greene County. They number 23 entities. We would consider this project a success if 1/3 of these groups change a policy based on the report. Many governmental bodies have to review their land use policies on a regular basis. If we time our report to those evaulation times, we can influence policies that will protect the future value of the river.

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43. Existing jobs retained? {Empty}

44. Sustained permanent jobs? {Empty}

45. Please explain how you determined the job creation listed in questions 42-44. {Empty}

46. Using your best guess, of the jobs created over the next 10 years, what will the average salary be? {Empty}

47. Is your project a workforce development program? {Empty}

48. If yes, does your program center on one of the ten JobsOhio targeted industries? {Empty}

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Additional Details

50. Letters of endorsement, supporting materials, additional information. You can submit ONE PDF file that does not exceed 10 pages.

20191031133011075.pdf (390.96 KB)

51. Is there opposition to the project? No

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54. Email of person filling out this form. This is where notification will be sent that the form was received. barnettcris@gmail.com

55. Do you want your project to be considered as a Community Project in the fiscal year 2025 –2026 State Capital Budget Bill? {Empty}

56. If your project type is on the list of ineligible projects (see above), please offer an explanation why your project could be eligible. If your project is not on the list, answer the question by stating that your project is not on the list of ineligible projects. {Empty}

57. Has your organization received state capital budget funding in the past? If so, provide a brief project description, year funded, and amount. {Empty}

58. Does your project have a connection with, or provide some benefit to, a state agency that has bonding authority? Please check all that apply from the following list: {Empty}

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