Benchmarking Central Ohio - Part 2
The Columbus Metropolitan Club
For the first time since 2019, the all-new Columbus Foundation Community Benchmarking Report has measured how Central Ohio compares to more than 20 peer regions across more than 50 metrics and indices. Building on a decade of community tracking, this newest research across a range of metrics offers a clear window to understanding how Central Ohio stacks up to comparable metro areas and gives us one of the best snapshots of where our region finds itself on this side of the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings dive deeply into five overall categories – population vitality, economic strength,...
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Benchmarking Central Ohio - Part 1
The Columbus Metropolitan Club
For the first time since 2019, the all-new has measured how Central Ohio compares to more than 20 peer regions across more than 50 metrics and indices. Building on more than a decade of community tracking, this newest research across a range of metrics offers a clear window to understanding how Central Ohio stacks up to comparable metro areas and gives us one of the best snapshots of where our region finds itself on this side of the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings dive deeply into five overall categories – population vitality, economic strength, personal prosperity, lifelong learning,...
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After the Election: Listening, Healing, and Moving Forward with The Reverend Nontombi Naomi Tutu
The Columbus Metropolitan Club
This extraordinary and historic forum welcomes The Reverend Nontombi Naomi Tutu as we gather following the election to reconcile and reflect on the common goal of preserving democracy, upholding justice, and to re-commit to listening to one another in good faith and with open minds and hearts. The Reverend Nontombi Naomi Tutu, daughter of Archbishop Desmond and Nomalizo Leah Tutu, knew from early in life that the one thing she would never be is a priest. She has always said, “I have my father’s nose, I do not want his job” but life had other plans… After years spent as a development...
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Rx for Equity: Creating Access to Healthcare in Central Ohio
The Columbus Metropolitan Club
Optimal Health Series Central Ohio is home to global leaders in healthcare, but access to healthcare remains uneven in the region as it is for much of the country. What are the costs of uneven healthcare coverage to our region, and what are the factors that prevent many from getting the care they need? With a panel of passionate healthcare leaders, we dive into the true costs of uneven access to healthcare in Central Ohio and how the doors to quality healthcare can be opened for all. Featuring: Dr. Chyke Doubeni, Chief Health Equity Officer, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical...
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Does Ohio Need Gerrymandering Reform?
The Columbus Metropolitan Club
With early voting already underway, Ohio voters are being asked to decide if a new approach to redrawing the state’s electoral districts is necessary. At stake is potentially nothing less than the future control of Ohio’s statewide legislative bodies. The nonprofit Citizens Not Politicians asserts that Ohio’s current electoral districts are gerrymandered – or drawn unfairly to tilt the electoral playing field – and favors Republicans who currently control both the Ohio House and Senate, while Republican leaders have said no such unfairness exists and that the Democratic failure to...
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Are LGBTQ+ Rights Losing Ground?
The Columbus Metropolitan Club
An erosion of LGBTQ+ rights seems to be the latest casualty of America's deepening polarization. This week’s panel takes stock of the trajectory of LGBTQ+ rights and what the future may hold for LGBTQ+ Ohioans and their families. Featuring: The Honorable Nickie J. Antonio, Ohio State Senate Democratic Leader Karen Hewitt, Founder and CEO, K Hewitt Consulting, and Co-Founder and COO, The Ohio REST Collective Cam Ogden, Policy Manager, Equality Ohio Ken Schneck, Editor, The Buckeye Flame The moderator was Ronald Murray, Associate Director of Health Advocacy at Equitas...
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Outdated Funding, Lost Lives: Why Ohio’s Babies and Birthing Parents Deserve Better
The Columbus Metropolitan Club
Could fresh thinking about philanthropy help save the lives of mothers and babies in Central Ohio? This panel explores how participatory grantmaking, trust-based philanthropy, and low-barrier funding promise to improve the lives of Central Ohio’s mothers and babies. Featuring: Isi Ikharebha Green, President, Physicians CareConnection Kelley Griesmer, President and CEO, The Women's Fund of Central Ohio Jill Miller, President and CEO, Bethesda Inc. and bi3 Danielle Tong, Executive Director, CelebrateOne The moderator was Jennifer Bullock, Weekday Anchor,...
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Housing, Health, and Hope: Opening The Gates To Opportunity In Central Ohio
The Columbus Metropolitan Club
What would Central Ohio's future look like with safe, affordable mixed-income neighborhoods as a part of everyday life? How much healthier, stronger, and more equitable would our region be? For the most part, this is now just a dream for many central Ohioans. Our region is experiencing a severe housing shortage because we’ve built an average of only 8,000 housing units per year for more than a decade, while 20,000 units per year were needed to balance supply and demand. This caused the price of housing for both renters and buyers to increase by more than three times the increase in...
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Open Every Door: Transforming Workforce Development in Central Ohio
The Columbus Metropolitan Club
Will an innovative new collaboration help Central Ohio attract and build the workforce it needs? The Central Ohio Workforce Development Network is a new large-scale collaborative between thirteen organizations that backers say will open a wide new pipeline funneling eager workers to employers. With a panel of employment advocates and regional leaders, we unpack this newest effort to keep Central Ohio’s talent pool filled to the brim. Featuring: Toni Cunningham, President & CEO, Godman Guild Lisa Divine, Manager, Learning and Development, Worthington Steel Scott Johnson,...
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What Would It Take To End Hunger in Central Ohio?
The Columbus Metropolitan Club
According to Hunger Ohio, our state has one of the highest rates of food insecurity in the country, with over 400,000 children across the state living in food-insecure households. What would it take to end hunger once and for all in Central Ohio? This forum brings together passionate experts to spotlight hunger in our midst and discuss actionable steps we can take together. Featuring: Matt Habash, President & CEO, Mid-Ohio Food Collective Dr. Mysheika W. Roberts, Health Commissioner, Columbus Public Health Dr. Carol Bradford, Dean of The Ohio...
info_outlineGet ready for retirement, because it’s coming: while not everyone in Central Ohio is ready to clock out for the last time, the region will soon have more residents reaching the age of 65 than starting kindergarten. It’s a situation with enormous implications for employers, school districts, healthcare providers, and taxpayers.
The 65+ age group of Franklin County residents is the fastest growing segment of the county’s population, increasing over 50% between 2010 and 2022. During that time, the number of kindergartners – the 0-4 age group – grew by just 2.4%. According to a Columbus Dispatch article published earlier this year, the median age nationally is now 39 years old, rising steadily from 37.2 in 2010 and 35.2 in 2000. Ohio’s average age is even higher at 39.6 years.
What policy and infrastructure changes are needed now to meet the housing, transit, homecare and healthcare needs of what’s rapidly becoming most of us? It’s a situation with HUGE implications for employers, school districts, healthcare providers, and taxpayers.
Featuring:
Dr. Holly Dabelko-Schoeny, Director of Research for The Age-Friendly Innovation Center, The Ohio State University College of Social Work
Katie White, Director, The Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging
Kalitha Williams, Outreach and Advocacy Manager, AARP Ohio
Chanda Wingo, Director, Franklin County Office on Aging
The moderator is Tasha Booker, Caregiver and Senior Vice President for External Engagement, City Year.
This forum was sponsored by AARP Ohio, The Franklin County Board of Commissioners, and The Isabelle Ridgeway Foundation. The forum partner was King Business Interiors.
The livestream presenting sponsor was The Center for Human Kindness at the Columbus Foundation. The livestream partner was The Columbus Dispatch. It was supported by The Ellis.
This forum was recorded at The Ellis in Columbus Ohio's historic Italian Village on August 7, 2024.