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HB 371 which would create a state Local Government Innovation Council that could make loans and awards to political subdivisions for local government innovation projects including those that are part of a consolidation effort, received a sponsor's hearing November...
Capital Project Web Site Proposed (HB67)
HB 67, which would require the Office of Budget and Management to maintain a web site showing capital project appropriations and re-appropriations and to submit a biennial report to the General Assembly received a Sponsor's Hearing November 15. The bill's...
Construction Reform rule making update
(Excerpted from the Nov. 14 SAO Newsletter) Construction Reform, which was signed into law June 30 as part of Governor Kasich's FY2012-2013 budget, paved the way for some very significant changes in the delivery of public construction in the State of Ohio. The most...
ArchiTypes Summer 2011
ArchiTypes An Official E-Newsletter of AIA Ohio - Summer 2011 IN THIS ISSUE - Read all about it Invest Your Passions Convention 2011 Day at the Statehouse Doing Good to Do Well AIA is the voice of the Profession AIA Ohio Member Named State Architect Kunce elected...
ArchiTypes Fall 2011
ArchiTypes An Official E-Newsletter of AIA Ohio - Fall 2011 IN THIS ISSUE Proposed Changes to the AIA Ohio Bylaws Convention Update New and Improved Advocacy Grants! Continuing Education at OVR Convention The Passive House Seminar Component Grant from Hanley Wood...
Board prepares to Finalize Bylaws Changes
Bylaw Changes in Final Stage More than three years ago, AIA Ohio started a process to better organize our Bylaws and Rules of the Board. This process, which included a comparison of the Bylaws, the AIA Model Component Bylaws and the AIA Ohio Rules of the Board, was...
Green Energy Groups Say Wind, Solar Businesses Depend On Renewable Mandates
Renewable energy developers encountered skepticism as they urged lawmakers Wednesday not to tinker with solar and wind power mandates as they consider rewriting Ohio’s electricity law. During a joint hearing of the House Public Utilities Committee and Senate...
School Facilities Commission Hears Details of Green-Building Leadership
Ohio School Facilities Commission staff touted the security of the state's perch atop the green-schools rankings Thursday, a list that shows Ohio with more than double the projects of its closest competitor. "Ohio is leading the nation in regard to green schools,"...
AIA Ohio Prepares for 2012
AIA Ohio Prepares for Challenges and Opportunities AIA Ohio continues to work on a variety of projects to finish out 2011 and to prepare for 2012. As planning for the 2012 Convention in Cleveland gets underway, so to does the planning for the programs, events and...
House Committee Hears from Manufacturing Industry on State Energy Policy
At the hearing on Wednesday of the House Public Utilities Committee, Chairman Peter Stautberg (R-Cincinnati) made it clear that everything was on the table as far as discussing policy matters, as representatives for Ohio's manufacturing groups gave committee members...