Agenda 360

Agenda 360 is the name of a project by the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce to create a plan for the Cincinnati region. It is modeled after a similar planning project in Northern Kentucky called Vision 2015.

= People =

This info was taken from the chart found at: http://www.cincinnati360.com/leadership/structure.pdf

Chairs

 * Ellen van der Horst, Cincinnati Regional Chamber
 * Kevin Ghassomian, Greenbaum Doll & McDonald
 * Dr. Myrtis Powell, Miami University(retired)

Members

 * Donna Jones Baker, Urban League
 * Alfonso Cornejo, Hispanic CoC
 * Hamilton Craig, Hamilton CoC
 * Mike Hammons, Vision 2015
 * John Hayden, Advisory Council Chair
 * Tim Maloney, Haile Foundation
 * Mary McCullough, Fine Arts Fund
 * Kathy Merchant, Greater Cincinnati Foundation
 * Ron Miller, Compass
 * Bill Myles, Western Economic Council
 * Mark Policinski, OKI
 * Gwen Robinson, Community Action Agency
 * Rob Reifsnyder, United Way
 * Sean Rugless, African American CoC
 * A. J. Schaeffer, Vision 2015
 * Doug Sizemore, AFL-CIO
 * Steve Stevens, Northern Kentucky CoC
 * Matt Van Sant, Clermont CoC
 * Jared Simmons, Give Back Cincnnati
 * Cheif Thomas H. Streicher Jr., Cincinnati Police Department
 * Bill Triick, Middletown CoC
 * Stacy Hege Tapke, Legacy
 * John Young, Freestore Food Network
 * Co-chairs of the Action and Support Teams

Chair
John Hayden, Cincinnati Regional Chamber

Members

 * Jim Anderson, Children's Hospital
 * John Barrett, Western & Southern Life
 * Neil Bortz, Towne Properties
 * Margaret Buchanan, Cincinnati Enquirer
 * Bill Burleigh, E. W. Scripps
 * Tom Cody, Macy's
 * Scott Donnelly, GE Aviation
 * Scott Farmer, Cintas
 * Michael Fisher, Lindsay Goldberg
 * Steve Hightower, Hightower Petroleum
 * A. G. Lafley, Procter & Gamble
 * Joe Pichler, The Kroger Company(retired)
 * Dr. Janet Reid, Global Lead Management Consulting
 * Ed Rigaud, Enova Partners
 * Dr. Jim Vortuba, Northern Kentucky University
 * Dr. Nancy Zimpher, University of Cincinnati

Competitive Economy

 * Jim McGraw, KMK
 * Kim Coyner, Warren County Econ Dev
 * Chip Wood, Duke Energy

Educational Excellence

 * Jeff Edmondson, STRIVE
 * Adrienne James, Sycamore Schools
 * Beth Smith, PK Woodworking

Livable Communities

 * Mary Stagaman, UC
 * Nique Swwan, Adventure Development
 * Carrie Hayden, United Way

Urban Renaissance

 * Tony Brown, Uptown Consortium
 * Dacia Snyder, Soapbox Media
 * Bill Murphy, Middletown Econ Dev

Effective Governance

 * Louise Hughes, P & G
 * Bobby Maly, The Model Group
 * Alen Zaring IV, Zarfund

Inclusion

 * Chip Harrod, Bridges
 * Auclair Walters, Avon

Advocacy

 * Chip Gerhardt, Goverment Strategies
 * Candace Klein, Property Advisors, Inc.
 * Rob Richardson Jr. Esq.
 * Mark Silbersack, Dinsmore & Shohl

Communication

 * Ryan Rybolt, Infinitech
 * Jim Sluzewski, Macy's

Project Management

 * Myrita Craig, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber

Project Consultants

 * Kathy DeLaura, Partners in Change
 * Steve Johns, Citizens for Civic Renewal

= Progress =

According to this PDF entitled "overview" ( http://www.cincinnati360.com/overview.pdf )this project began around Spring of 2007 and hopes to be completed by the end of 2008.

Also available is this "progress report" ( http://www.cincinnati360.com/agenda360_042108.pdf ) from April of 2008. It details mostly goals and strategies rather than progress.

According to this article on Soapbox Media ( http://www.soapboxmedia.com/features/26agenda360.aspx ), Agenda 360 is making progress, although it doesn't make that progress explicit.

Goals

 * The "Livable Communities" Action Team hopes to plant 5,000 trees by the end of 2009.


 * The "Education Excellence" Team hopes to establish an annual $5,000 scholarship for local students to attend higher education.


 * Agenda 360 aims to "merge groups with a similar purpose, such as several “Feed the Homeless” organizations, in order to improve efficiency and increase funding for the cause as a whole."

Regional Action Plan
In February 2009, Agenda 360 released a Regional Action Plan outlining it's plans. http://www.scribd.com/doc/12354696/Cincinnati-Regional-Agenda360-Report-2009

= References =
 * http://www.cincinnati360.com/
 * http://www.soapboxmedia.com/devnews/0630agenda360.aspx
 * http://www.building-cincinnati.com/2009/07/agenda-360-announces-council-to.html
 * http://soapboxmedia.com/innovationnews/0811agenda.aspx