Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland’s economic development plan, released yesterday, has a major focus on sustainability as a way to “change the trajectory of Ohio’s economy”. The plan calls for investing in regional assets in order to build sustainable, connected, vibrant communities.

Specifically, the state will invest in advanced energy and environmental technologies to raise electricity supplied by advanced energy from 10 to 25 percent. And it calls for a renewal of the Clean Ohio Fund to push Development Ready Sites supported by public investment from 3,774 to 15,000 acres by the year 2020.

The plan calls for an Ohio Green Places to promote and develop programs and policies that will advance the goal of making Ohio the leading state for sustainable green development. This will include building an advanced energy business sector with a robust supply chain and a green building industry.

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