1. COG 2020 Central Ohio Greenways COG Board

6. The Central Ohio Greenways (COG) Board seeks to provide economic, quality of life, and health benefits to the residents of the Central Ohio region by increasing the number of people using trails for transportation and recreation through efforts that increase connectivity via communication, education, partnerships, and trail development. Purpose

7. Serve as the drive behind providing trails for transportation and recreation. Provide input and support key objectives of MORPC’s Public Policy Agenda and the SAC Agenda. Establish working teams around trail development, funding, education and programming, and marketing. Advise and utilize expertise of each working team. Role

8. Sustainability Advisory Committee Working Groups COG Board Trail Development PartnersProgrammingMarketing Regional Food Council Structure

9. Composition Appointed Chair and Vice Chair City of Columbus (2), villages and townships (1), counties (1), and suburban communities (4). Member at Large (4) Regional, State, National Park Districts or Organizations (4) Various stakeholder groups in the region (6)

10. Four COG Working Teams Partnership Connect - Trail Development Engage - Programming Educate - Communication

11. Strategic Plan  Best practices research report  Vision and mission statement  5-year strategic plan with clear measurable objectives  Marketing and fundraising strategies.

12. Questions?

13. Thank You Tony Collins City of Gahanna Director Parks & Recreation Tony.collins@gahanna.gov 614-342.4253