Alison Goebel
@alisongoebeloh.bsky.social
Personal obsessions: cycling road races 🚴🏼♀️🚴♂️, cats.
Professional interests: legacy cities (aka 'rustbelt' cities), land use, housing.
Also: Executive Director of @greaterohio.org, but all posts are mine.
Professional interests: legacy cities (aka 'rustbelt' cities), land use, housing.
Also: Executive Director of @greaterohio.org, but all posts are mine.
@SmartGrowthUSA is turning 25!
Join me on Jan. 12th from 5:30–8 p.m. in Washington, DC for a celebration honoring a quarter century of advancing healthy, prosperous, & resilient communities.
🥂 Get your tickets today!
www.smartgrowthamerica.org/sga25/
Join me on Jan. 12th from 5:30–8 p.m. in Washington, DC for a celebration honoring a quarter century of advancing healthy, prosperous, & resilient communities.
🥂 Get your tickets today!
www.smartgrowthamerica.org/sga25/
Celebrate 25 Years of Smart Growth America - Smart Growth America
www.smartgrowthamerica.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
@SmartGrowthUSA is turning 25!
Join me on Jan. 12th from 5:30–8 p.m. in Washington, DC for a celebration honoring a quarter century of advancing healthy, prosperous, & resilient communities.
🥂 Get your tickets today!
www.smartgrowthamerica.org/sga25/
Join me on Jan. 12th from 5:30–8 p.m. in Washington, DC for a celebration honoring a quarter century of advancing healthy, prosperous, & resilient communities.
🥂 Get your tickets today!
www.smartgrowthamerica.org/sga25/
Left the room where husband is anxiously watching the #WorldSeries and talking at the TV. The atmosphere was getting too intense for me, a casual watcher, to be witness to the end of this game.
November 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Left the room where husband is anxiously watching the #WorldSeries and talking at the TV. The atmosphere was getting too intense for me, a casual watcher, to be witness to the end of this game.
Time for my annual appreciation post for multi family, gentle density neighborhoods… trick or treating at duplexes is half the work, the double the candy!
October 31, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Time for my annual appreciation post for multi family, gentle density neighborhoods… trick or treating at duplexes is half the work, the double the candy!
Reposted by Alison Goebel
E-bikes are the real urban mobility revolution. Cities need to take them seriously
E-bikes could cut carbon, congestion, and costs — if cities take them seriously
E-bike sales are booming, providing a clean form of transportation that also improves public health. Yet cities remain committed to cars.
grist.org
October 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
E-bikes are the real urban mobility revolution. Cities need to take them seriously
I think of this graphic every day.
My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes.
Original graphic cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
Original graphic cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
September 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I think of this graphic every day.
Excited about this new volume to inform and inspire more active transportation planning & projects in ohio and beyond!
Last year, we published our first active transportation (AT) guide, providing tips for implementing an AT project, funding sources & technical assistance programs. We are excited to share How to Build Safe, Vibrant Streets in Ohio: A Guide for Non-Engineers, Vol 2
www.greaterohio.org/publications...
www.greaterohio.org/publications...
How to Build Safe, Vibrant Streets in Ohio: A Guide for Non-Engineers, Volume 2 — Greater Ohio Policy Center
Volume 2 builds on the case studies presented in the first edition by featuring additional examples of outstanding improvements local leaders and communities have undertaken.
www.greaterohio.org
September 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Excited about this new volume to inform and inspire more active transportation planning & projects in ohio and beyond!
So proud of the cities in Ohio, many of them smaller #legacycities, who are spending the $$ & political capital to change streets back to 2way after decades of 1 ways.
If your downtown still has many wide and fast one-way streets, then your priority is to move cars as fast as possible thru a weak downtown. It’s NOT to create a vibrant downtown, help downtown retailers, keep people safe, support walkability and accessibility, reduce pollution, etc. #TrafficSewers
September 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
So proud of the cities in Ohio, many of them smaller #legacycities, who are spending the $$ & political capital to change streets back to 2way after decades of 1 ways.
Feeling personally attacked every time I "ctrl+ s" and my new microsoft program tells me the file is automatically saved.
The fear of losing files runs too deep in these elder millennial bones to believe such claims. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
The fear of losing files runs too deep in these elder millennial bones to believe such claims. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
July 31, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Feeling personally attacked every time I "ctrl+ s" and my new microsoft program tells me the file is automatically saved.
The fear of losing files runs too deep in these elder millennial bones to believe such claims. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
The fear of losing files runs too deep in these elder millennial bones to believe such claims. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
Co-signing this
July 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Co-signing this
Reposted by Alison Goebel
First part of the prose novel Lancelot du Lac, French, 14th century, 📸 by @charlylopezph
July 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
First part of the prose novel Lancelot du Lac, French, 14th century, 📸 by @charlylopezph
This is all true. Especially the part about how having le Tour on in the background morphs into actively watching each stage start to finish. He doesn't mention how that obsession then leads to watching every other race you can access. And then buying a VPN to access even more races. #cycling
July 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
This is all true. Especially the part about how having le Tour on in the background morphs into actively watching each stage start to finish. He doesn't mention how that obsession then leads to watching every other race you can access. And then buying a VPN to access even more races. #cycling
6️⃣ days till @le-tourdefrance.bsky.social starts and I have been mainlining my fave podcasts and YouTube channels for the last week. Christmas in July is almost here! #cycling
June 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
6️⃣ days till @le-tourdefrance.bsky.social starts and I have been mainlining my fave podcasts and YouTube channels for the last week. Christmas in July is almost here! #cycling
Helpful run down of the federal tax package proposal
🏛️ The Senate’s new tax package could shape the future of community development.
It proposes making LIHTC + NMTC permanent—a big win.
But it misses the mark on urgent needs like affordable housing + inclusive growth.
See the breakdown + what’s next ⤵️
www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-hu...
It proposes making LIHTC + NMTC permanent—a big win.
But it misses the mark on urgent needs like affordable housing + inclusive growth.
See the breakdown + what’s next ⤵️
www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-hu...
The play for permanence: The fate of community development tax provisions in the Senate’s draft tax legislation - Smart Growth America
www.smartgrowthamerica.org
June 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Helpful run down of the federal tax package proposal
One of my favorite thing about legacy city skyscrapers is that they almost never have a 13th floor. This one is in Dayton, Ohio.
June 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
One of my favorite thing about legacy city skyscrapers is that they almost never have a 13th floor. This one is in Dayton, Ohio.
sign this letter sponsored by a number of statewide groups!
Brownfield remediation funding is a critical tool for revitalizing Ohio’s communities. We need your help to preserve this important resource of all remediation projects. www.ohiobrownfields.com/take-action
Take Action — Revitalizing Ohio's Brownfields
The Ohio Senate Finance Committee’s proposed changes to the Brownfield Remediation Program (BRP) would undermine the significant progress that has been made over the past four years.
www.ohiobrownfields.com
June 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
sign this letter sponsored by a number of statewide groups!
We need flexible, community-responsive funding that helps communities remediate brownfields for all types of end uses. Sign onto our letter to encourage Ohio's legislative Conference Committee to maintain that flexibility!
🚨Call to Action!🚨 Sign GOPC’s Letter to the Conference Committee on HB96!
Ohio's main operating budget will be finished soon.
Join us in urging Conference Committee members to support the House's version of the Brownfields Remediation Program!
For More Details: mailchi.mp/greaterohio....
Ohio's main operating budget will be finished soon.
Join us in urging Conference Committee members to support the House's version of the Brownfields Remediation Program!
For More Details: mailchi.mp/greaterohio....
Call to Action on the State Operating Budget!
mailchi.mp
June 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We need flexible, community-responsive funding that helps communities remediate brownfields for all types of end uses. Sign onto our letter to encourage Ohio's legislative Conference Committee to maintain that flexibility!
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Changes proposed by the Ohio Senate to the Brownfield Remediation Program would undermine the progress communities throughout Ohio have made revitalizing brownfields by limiting future grants to a narrow number of end-uses. Here, GOPC discusses all the uses of brownfield sites when cleaned-up
June 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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If we were located in DC, these are the suite mates I'd want to share an office with! The building is beautiful, in a great location, and the SGA office is full of smart, talented, collaborative people.
We’re looking for mission-aligned organizations to lease some of our office space in downtown DC!
Those interested would have the opportunity to share space with SGA and @t4america.bsky.social staff.
Learn more about the space and how to get in touch ⤵️
smartgrowthamerica.org/downtown-was...
Those interested would have the opportunity to share space with SGA and @t4america.bsky.social staff.
Learn more about the space and how to get in touch ⤵️
smartgrowthamerica.org/downtown-was...
Downtown Washington D.C. sub-lease opportunity - Smart Growth America
Background Smart Growth America (SGA) is seeking one to three mission-aligned organizations to share space within our high-quality office at 1350 I (“Eye”) Street NW, next to Franklin Square and the M...
smartgrowthamerica.org
May 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
If we were located in DC, these are the suite mates I'd want to share an office with! The building is beautiful, in a great location, and the SGA office is full of smart, talented, collaborative people.
Excellent new toolkit on achieving equitable outcomes through real estate development. Especially in more modest market places. Thanks to Lincoln Institute for your partnership on this project!
A weak real estate market—with minimal housing production, scattered vacant plots, and low property values—can undermine neighborhood change and revitalization efforts in legacy cities of any size.
GOPC has created a toolkit with long time partner the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
GOPC has created a toolkit with long time partner the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
A Toolkit for Identifying Equitable Real Estate Development Strategies - Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
www.lincolninst.edu
April 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Excellent new toolkit on achieving equitable outcomes through real estate development. Especially in more modest market places. Thanks to Lincoln Institute for your partnership on this project!
What a well deserved honor! Congrats, Marion, OH!!
🎉 Congratulations to Marion, Ohio, the winner of this year's Strongest Town Contest! 🏆
April 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
What a well deserved honor! Congrats, Marion, OH!!
I am so proud of this new set of tools that @greaterohio and @ohioRealtors released today! We created a guide to making it easier to build new homes in Ohio, which includes a pattern book for a single family home & a duplex!!
Greater Ohio Policy Center & the Ohio REALTORS® have released Housing Ohio: Tools for Development. Housing Ohio is designed to assist local communities across Ohio create high-quality, attainable housing.
Learn more at www.HOUSINGOH.org
Learn more at www.HOUSINGOH.org
Housing Ohio: Tools for Development
www.HOUSINGOH.org
March 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I am so proud of this new set of tools that @greaterohio and @ohioRealtors released today! We created a guide to making it easier to build new homes in Ohio, which includes a pattern book for a single family home & a duplex!!
Thanks for the ride, @wmata.com! Always love riding an intra-urban rail system!
March 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Thanks for the ride, @wmata.com! Always love riding an intra-urban rail system!
Amazing! Something to aspire to!
BREAKING & BIG: Today in PARIS, citizens voted in a referendum to PEDESTRIANIZE 500 MORE of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by city leaders to create people-places, curb car usage, and improve air quality. 66% of Parisians voted in favour of the measure, official results showed!
Paris residents vote in favour of making 500 more streets pedestrian
Parisians voted in a referendum on Sunday to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality.
www.reuters.com
March 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Amazing! Something to aspire to!