Posted July 22, 200519 yr I think we have one NKY resident actually on the boards, maybe more. There may be some lurking but not posting, so I thought I'd go ahead and direct them to this if they haven't seen it. From the 7/20/05 Kentucky Post: Reshaping the region Public weighs in with Vision survey By Dan Hassert Post editorial page editor If you could improve Northern Kentucky in one way, what would you concentrate on? Care for the elderly? Building a better public transit system? Making taxes more equitable? Creating more incentives for small businesses? Forcing city and county governments to cooperate more? Getting more people into college or professional schools? Designing a public square? Making health insurance more affordable? Here's your chance to give your answers. Regardless of whether you're a banker, a butcher, a mechanic, a waitress or a nun, the Vision 2015 regional planning initiative wants to know what you think. Click on link for article. Here's how you can share your responses (mail or e-mail) http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050720/NEWS02/507200372/1011/RSS02
July 23, 200519 yr I did one. I find it funny that they didn't mention the city of Cincinnati once. Is it not true that NKY's growth is linked to Cincinnati's growth? What about working together to get things like light rail done?
July 27, 200519 yr From the 7/26/05 Cincinnati Business Courier: Vision 2015 awarded grant The Vision 2015 regional visioning process in Northern Kentucky has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the Greater Cincinnati Foundation for strategic planning. Click on link for article. http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2005/07/25/daily16.html?from_rss=1
August 18, 200519 yr Another grant, from the 8/17/05 Cincinnati Business Courier: N.Ky. Vision receives grant The Vision 2015 regional visioning process in Northern Kentucky has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Gannett Foundation. Click on link for article. http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2005/08/15/daily19.html?from_rss=1
August 26, 200519 yr From the 8/25/05 Kentucky Post: Suggestion of arts high school draws praise By Stephenie Steitzer Post staff reporter One idea to make Northern Kentucky a better place to live got members of a Vision 2015 committee excited Wednesday. A member of the livable communities committee suggested a creative and performing arts high school be established in Northern Kentucky. Click on link for article. http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050825/NEWS02/508250378/1011/RSS02
October 15, 200519 yr From the 10/13/05 Kenton Community Recorder: Vision 2015 in refining process BY KATIE WEITKAMP | COMMUNITY RECORDER STAFF WRITER Vision 2015 action teams are busy this month finalizing plans to present to the Vision 2015 committee leaders, said Mike Hammons, president of Forward Quest. He said at the end of this month each of the five action teams will present its findings and possible solutions at a day and a half retreat. That information will be challenged by others working on the project and finally be put into a comprehensive report that will give recommendations on how to keep Northern Kentucky strong and strengthen weaknesses. Click on link for article. http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051013/NEWS01/510130468/1077/Local
October 18, 200519 yr From the 10/16/05 Enquirer: Vision 2015 studies goals Communities provide input By Mike Rutledge Enquirer staff writer COVINGTON - When organizers of Northern Kentucky's Vision 2015 effort met this summer with three segments of the community, here's some of what they learned: Residents of Covington's predominantly African-American Eastside neighborhood want their ideas and dreams considered whenever outside forces have plans for where they live. Click on link for article. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051016/NEWS0103/510160368/1059/rss13 ALSO SEE: 1) Cincinnati Enquirer: Eastside residents seek more services (10/16/05) A look at some of the wants and needs that the predominantly African-American Eastside neighborhood of Covington listed on their responses to the Vision 2015 survey. 2) Cincinnati Enquirer: Hispanics: Region must improve communication (10/16/05) According to the Vision 2015 survey, the Hispanic community of NKY has said it is having problems communicating with schools and doctors, and would like some help in that area. They also believe there is some hostility to them, and they would like to work to help make NKY more inclusive.
November 15, 200519 yr From the 11/13/05 NKY Sunday Challenger: Vision 2015 Report Planned for January COVINGTON - Nine months of gathering and disseminating public input on the future of Northern Kentucky is being consolidated by the leadership team of the Vision 2015 project. Click on link for article. http://www.challengernky.com/articles/2005/11/13/around_nky/doc4374f2579f167758172084.txt
November 18, 200519 yr From the 11/15/05 Kentucky Post: Effort seeks vision for future Final report due next year Post staff report As the yearlong regional Vision 2015 process comes to an end, organizers are tight-lipped about what big ideas the final report may include, but they did hint at some of the report's content today. Click on link for article. http://news.kypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051115/NEWS02/511150382/1014
December 31, 200519 yr From the 12/25/05 NKY Sunday Challenger: PHOTO: CAPTURING COMMENTS: Phil Schmidt, director of the Center for Integrative Natural Science and Mathematics at Northern Kentucky University, uses a networked PC notebook to capture ideas about educational excellence discussed at a Vision 2015 community summit in April. Participating in the discussion were Martha Karlage (center) and Pam Hatton. The Sunday Challenger staff photo Co-chairs: 'Vision' Critical for Region's Growth Other Regions Also Competing for Top Businesses By Tom Mitsoff The Sunday Challenger [email protected] CRESTVIEW HILLS - Northern Kentucky needs a regional long-term growth strategy to stay competitive with other regions of the state and nation that are doing the same, according to the co-chairs of the Vision 2015 community planning initiative. During a recent Chamber of Commerce Eggs 'n' Issues breakfast, co-chair A.J. Schaeffer held up a glossy brochure for the audience packed into the banquet room at Five Seasons Sports Country Club. Schaeffer said it was the latest plan by the City of Louisville leaders, listing in "excruciating detail" their plan to distinguish the region as a prime place to do business and raise a family. Click on link for article. http://www.challengernky.com/articles/2005/12/25/community_vision/doc43aaaf7fa77cf174824134.txt
January 22, 200619 yr Urban Renaissance 'Action Team' Will Present Plan in February By Jason Feldmann [email protected] By late February, Vision 2015 committee members expect to unveil a comprehensive report that will detail, among other things, revitalization efforts for Northern Kentucky's inner cities, said Julie Hackworth, co-chair for the urban renaissance action team. Vision2015 is a yearlong strategic visioning process aimed at creating a 10-year blueprint for Northern Kentucky. Assembling a variety of leaders from the business, civic, government and education fields, Vision 2015 action teams have been meeting over the last year to examine critical issues facing NKY. Read full article here: http://www.challengernky.com/articles/2006/01/15/around_nky/doc43c80a290acb6225445017.txt
April 4, 200619 yr Vision 2015 offers strategy NKU president: 'What's it going to take for us to thrive?' BY MIKE RUTLEDGE | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER If Northern Kentucky wants to attract high-quality jobs over the next decade, it must upgrade its education system, quality of life and regional cooperation, Northern Kentucky University President James Votruba contends. "This is a great community, but I think if we're not careful, we're going to lose more than we're going to win in the talent game," said Votruba, who as co-chairman of the Vision 2015 process helped create a strategy for improvement. Read full article here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060402/NEWS0103/604020439/1059/rss13
May 1, 200619 yr From the 4/28/06 Kentucky Post: Council takes over strategy By Dan Hassert Post staff reporter A new group has formally taken on the mission of making Northern Kentucky a better place to live, work and play. The Regional Stewardship Council - a collection of some 40 business, education and civic leaders - took over the reins of implementing the region's newest strategic plan this morning during the final meeting of the board that governs Forward Quest, the organization formed 10 years ago to implement the 1996 Quest report. Click on link for article. http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060428/NEWS02/604280388/1011/RSS02
April 5, 200718 yr Downtowns seek cash infusions BY MIKE RUTLEDGE | [email protected] Northern Kentucky's Vision 2015 effort hopes to spawn a "catalytic development corporation" and equity fund to spur development in urban downtown areas. It would be similar to one in Cincinnati that led the $43 million renovation of Fountain Square. "The whole idea is sometimes you need 'patient capital,' " said Chuck Scheper, chief operating officer of Great American Financial Resources and chairman of Vision 2015's Urban Renaissance team. Patient capital is money from investors who want to help communities progress and seek returns on their investment. Read full article here: http://news.nky.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070122/NEWS0103/701220324
April 5, 200718 yr Vision 2015 begins implementation phase Cincinnati Business Courier - February 1, 2007 Northern Kentucky's Vision 2015 group is ramping up for a major push to implement the region's new, 10-year strategic plan. To do that, the group is adding staff and launching a new Web site to encourage community involvement. Kara Clark will join the Vision 2015 staff March 1 as vice president of communications and strategic initiatives. She is currently an account supervisor for Intrinzic Marketing & Design in Newport. She also serves as vice chair of Leadership Northern Kentucky and was a member of the Vision 2015 steering committee that helped develop the plan. Read full article here: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2007/01/29/daily38.html
April 5, 200718 yr 'Vision 2015' needs money BY MIKE RUTLEDGE | [email protected] Northern Kentucky needs a better parks system as a way to make the region more livable, two Vision 2015 officials told a combined meeting of the area's three county fiscal courts Monday. A regional parks system probably would require a dedicated property tax or some other "ongoing funding" source, Mike Hammons of Vision 2015 told the officials. Read full article here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070213/NEWS0103/702130381/1059/rss13
June 22, 200717 yr N. Ky. takes development reins 3CDC-like group gets $1M from Butler, hopes to draw $100M in investments Business Courier of Cincinnati - by Lucy May Northern Kentucky is forming its own version of Cincinnati's influential 3CDC, starting with a $1 million pledge from Corporex Cos. CEO Bill Butler. The formation of what's being called a "catalytic development corporation" is a key strategy in the region's Vision 2015 plan, which aims to create 50,000 new jobs within the next decade. Butler is one of several business leaders working to raise at least $10 million by the end of the year to fund the new development entity's work - a total that supporters hope can be leveraged to draw at least $100 million in new investment. Butler also is helping to develop a framework for the organization. Read full article here: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2007/06/25/story1.html
June 22, 200816 yr Northern Kentucky's Vision 2015 to launch $10M fund Business Courier of Cincinnati - by Lucy May Northern Kentucky's Vision 2015 will launch a new development corporation to spur revitalization in the urban centers of the region's river cities. The Catalytic Development Funding Corp. aims to raise $10 million by July 2009, said Jeanne Schroer, interim director of the University of Cincinnati Real Estate Center. Schroer will become executive director of the new organization Sept. 1 and will be working right away to raise the money to leverage at least $100 million in development projects south of Northern Kentucky's riverfront. Read full article here: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/06/23/story1.html
June 23, 200816 yr ^Wow. That's great news. If successful, this will work wonders for the neighborhoods in Covington and Newport especially. And am I wrong, or does this sound a lot like the 3CDC?
September 4, 200816 yr Northern Kentucky region, Vision 2015 recognized for national planning award http://www.soapboxmedia.com/devnews/arsawards0902.aspx The Northern Kentucky region was named as one of four finalists for the Alliance for Regional Stewardship (ARS) Organizational Champion Award for the work of Vision 2015, a community-driven ten-year strategic plan for growth. The Organizational Champion Award recognizes regions, regional alliances and regional leaders for excellence and demonstrated progress in at least one of the four principles of regional stewardship: innovative economy, livable communities, social inclusion, and a collaborative style of governance. This year’s awards were held at the ARS Regional Strategies Forum in Pittsburgh, July 29-30. "The ARS is looking for the innovative ways in which communities tackle goals and challenges," says Kara Clark, vice president of communication and strategic initiatives for Vision 2015. Karen Finan and her team from Northern Kentucky Tri-ED put together the lengthy application report, detailing the goals and accomplishments of her non-profit corporation, the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, and Vision 2015. "I think they were attracted to our year-long visioning process," Clark says. "I also believe that they were also attracted to the breadth and depth of our goals," she says. "We're not just focusing on one area. With our many community partners, we're able to make headway on a lot of different fronts." Forward Quest of Northern Kentucky, the predecessor of Vision 2015, won the award in 1995. "It's great that they continue to keep us in high regard," Clark says. "It speaks great volumes that, for the last 13 years, all of the innovative work that we've built upon is still recognized by a national organization." Graduate! Philadelphia, a regional initiative aimed at building a competitive regional economy by helping working adults with some college credits complete their degrees, was the award winner.
September 16, 200816 yr Licking greenway plans 'a place of union', regional connection http://www.soapboxmedia.com/devnews/lickinggreenway0916.aspx Vision 2015 will host an public presentation to highlight the opportunities of the Licking River Greenway and Trails plan on Thursday from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM at the Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission at 2332 Royal Drive in Fort Mitchell. According to Human Nature, Inc. principal and landscape architect Gary Wolnitzek, residents can expect to see a plan that is based on broad community input and includes both short-term, immediately achievable projects and long-term, more ambitious projects. "It's a vision that sees the Licking River corridor as the north-south spine of a regional parks network," he says. "It's a place of union, not a boundary - 'Where Northern Kentucky Comes Together'." Vision 2015 teamed up with the firms of Woolpert and Human Nature in October of 2007 to design the greenway and trails plan as part of Vision 2015's larger goal of creating more exciting, active places to live through revamping education, creating jobs, revitalizing the urban core, and promoting an expansive park system. "A network of trails is envisioned, linking cultural and natural assets up and down the corridor, on both sides of the river, from multi-purpose paths that serve as a regional connection to more rustic natural paths," Wolnitzek says. "From a water trail with additional river access points to new and improved river crossings, and from cultural landmarks and neighborhoods to parks and green infrastructure." He says that the greenway will help people relate to the Licking, an underappreciated local resource. "The flood protection levees had cut off many streets and neighborhoods from the river," Wolnitzek says. "This trail offers the opportunity to reconnect people to the river and bring visitors to the area for this unique experience." Participants are encouraged to RSVP to Mark Raines at [email protected] or (859) 291-2020.
October 27, 200816 yr Covington united in plans for its future All sectors have role in making city better The opinions from more than 500 residents in Covington gathered in the past year identified ways for the city to improve economically and socially. Dozens of residents filled the Drees Pavilion in Devou Park Saturday morning to hear the results of the year of work that officials and residents put into the city's "Third Century Strategic Plan." The plan enlisted residents and business leaders to determine how the city can improve in different areas: transportation, rivers and green space, downtown, housing and neighborhoods, arts and culture, education, safety and preservation. Read full article here: http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20081026/NEWS0108/810260389/1169/NEWS
January 30, 200916 yr Northern Kentucky's Vision 2015 gets infusion of ‘infectious’ enthusiasm CPA, ‘serial board member’ serving as interim president Business Courier of Cincinnati - by Lucy May John Domaschko is a self-described “consensus junkie.” He likes to hear differing opinions and perspectives and help figure a way out of complex problems. And that’s exactly what he’s doing these days as the interim president of Vision 2015, Northern Kentucky’s regional planning initiative. A lifelong Northern Kentucky resident, Domaschko took on the role after founding president Michael Hammons stepped down Dec. 31. Domaschko had served as co-chairman of the Vision 2015 economic development action team during the 2005 process that culminated in the regional plan and was a member of the Vision 2015 executive committee before taking the interim president job. Read full article here: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2009/02/02/story9.html
March 13, 200916 yr Northern Kentucky's Vision 2015 sets national search N. Ky. planning group hopes to have new president in place by mid-year Business Courier of Cincinnati - by Lucy May Wanted: Visionary leader to implement ambitious regional plan during worst recession in a generation. Salary competitive. That’s not the exact wording of the job description being used to find the next president of Vision 2015 in Northern Kentucky, but it’s not far off. The Vision 2015 search committee launched its national search for a new president March 6 with the help of KMK Consulting and input from the region’s residents. Michael Hammons, the founding president, retired Dec. 31. Local businessman John Domaschko is interim president and is not seeking the job permanently. Read full article here: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2009/03/16/story3.html
August 6, 200915 yr Scheyer to head N. Ky.’s Vision 2015 Bill Scheyer has been named president of Vision 2015, the Northern Kentucky organization announced Wednesday afternoon. Scheyer replaces Mike Hammons, who left in January and had headed Vision 2015 and its predecessor, Forward Quest, since 1996. John Domaschko has been serving as interim president since Hammons’ departure. Read full article here: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2009/08/03/daily39.html
August 13, 200915 yr New Vision 2015 President wants to spread the NKY word, broaden outreach http://www.soapboxmedia.com/innovationnews/0811vision2015.aspx Vision 2015, Northern Kentucky's strategic planning non-profit, named Bill Scheyer its new president on August 6. Scheyer replaces Michael J. Hammons, who had headed up Vision 2015 and its predecessor, Forward Quest, since 1996. "I’ve been active in Northern Kentucky’s community vision since the Quest process—the visioning project that led to Forward Quest," Scheyer said, speaking of Vision 2015's rich history of community engagement and support. "My plan is to implement Vision 2015 more broadly. I want for the people who live in the nine Northern Kentucky counties to know how Vision 2015 affects their lives, and how they can get involved." Scheyer plans to meet this goal with increased use of social media tools. Begun in 2005, Vision 2015 is a ten-year plan for transforming Northern Kentucky. Economic competitiveness is the hub; five additional goals related to education, government, urban planning, and regional image round out the vision. Nearly one hundred community leaders set these goals after collecting feedback from 2,000 local residents. "Bill brings the right skill set to lead Vision 2015 as we move into a more focused approach to measurable growth throughout the community," said A.J. Schaeffer, Vision 2015’s chairman of the board. "These are exciting, yet challenging times for Northern Kentucky, and we have the right leader, a bold leader, to move us forward." Before joining the staff of Vision 2015, Scheyer served as president of Southbank Partners, Inc., and as city administrator for Erlanger, Ky. An alumnus of Northern Kentucky University, Scheyer worked in healthcare for 20 years and has held a variety of civic and business leadership positions.
March 29, 201015 yr A plan to transform NKY Vision 2015 leader sees major changes By Mike Rutledge, Kentucky Enquirer, March 29, 2010 COVINGTON - The leader of Northern Kentucky's Vision 2015 effort doesn't merely aspire to improve a nine-county area of the commonwealth. He hopes, in some ways, that his small staff of paid employees plus thousands of volunteers can transform it. "Northern Kentucky is a community that's got all sorts of good people and good organizations working on good programs and initiatives," said Bill Scheyer, who started Sept. 1 as president of the organization that four years ago this week issued an ambitious plan filled with ideas to improve the region.
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