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The First Suburbs Consortium is the largest government-led advocacy organization in the country working to revitalize mature, developed communities and raise public and political awareness of the problems and inequities associated with urban sprawl and urban disinvestment.

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The Central Ohio First Suburbs Consortium is an association of government officials representing mature, built-out communities in Franklin County Ohio. Our mission is to foster public policies at the federal, state, and regional level, which provide a balanced approach for development.

We will advocate for equal support for mature and growth communities. We will seek funding to maintain the significant investment in existing public infrastructure, including parkland, roads, schools, water and sewer facilities. We will promote tax and other incentives that encourage redevelopment and provide a strong tax base for mature communities.


The Central Ohio First Suburbs Consortium is comprised of the following communities:

Upper Arlington, Bexley, Worthington, Grandview Heights, and Whitehall.

The Central Ohio First Suburbs co-chairs are:
Dan Lorek, City of Bexley (danl@bexley.org)
Patricia Dalton, City of Upper Arlington (pdalton@ua-ohio.net)

For more information, contact Kimberly Gibson at Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (kgibson@morpc.org) or (614) 233-4168.


News Items:

Minutes from the October meeting (in PDF format)

Contact Kimberly Gibson at Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (kgibson@morpc.org) or at (614) 233-4168 for upcoming meeting information.

This site was designed by Tony Markel with assistance from Susan Petrone.
It is hosted by the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University.