For years, experts and journalists have highlighted the potential for greater government efficiency and economic transformation in Northeast Ohio and statewide. Here are some notable examples.
- Transforming our Regional Economy (Cleveland State University’s Maxine Goodman School of Urban Affairs, 2006)
- Opportunity Abounds (Fund for Our Economic Future and Efficient Gov Now make the case for government collaboration in the region, 2011)
- JOINING FORCES (The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions report on the potential benefits of consolidating government in Ohio, 2011)
- Beyond Boundaries (State of Ohio shared-services action plan for Ohio schools and governments, 2012)
- Vibrant NEO 2040, a vision for the region’s future, 2014
- NOACA’S Regional Strategic Plan, 2015
- The Regional Prosperity Initiative, a tax sharing proposal for Northeast Ohio, submitted, but never voted on, during the Ohio General Assembly’s 2019-2020 session
- Tax-base growth sharing key to a resurgent NE Ohio: Thomas Bier (cleveland.com Opinion, 2025)
- Tax sharing in Minnesota’s Twin Cities metro area, often cited by Northeast Ohio proponents of the Regional Prosperity Initiative
- Ohio’s highway system creates winners and losers (Cleveland.com, 2020)
- Ohio HB 331 Advances Common Sense Local Government Reforms Championed by The Buckeye Institute. (A new process for dissolving Ohio villages, approved by Ohio’s General Assembly in 2024)
- Are Ohio’s 607 school districts excessive and should the state consolidate? (Cleveland.com, 2025)
- Ohio’s proliferation of school districts ranks 19th in nation, topping all its neighbors (Cleveland.com, 2025)
- NE Ohio’s economic future is on the line: Michael Weidokal (Cleveland.com Opinion, 2025)
- “Could Cleveland become Ohio’s undisputed giant? How regionalism might transform Northeast Ohio (cleveland.com, 2025)