Greater Portland-Vancouver Indicators An overview of the start-up phase

GPVI is a growing regional partnership anchored by PSU and Metro.

May 2011

Overview

Project purpose and backgroundOutcomes-based processCollaborative team processProject timeline Start-up phase deliverablesNext steps

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GPVI purpose

To ensure appropriate attention is paid to performance and measurement•vision and goals•plans•implementation•measurement

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GPVI purpose

To better understand and improve our region’s triple-bottom-line progress through:•data•dialogue•coordinated action

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A North Star to help focus regional actions and boost progress

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Progress

Metro-PSU partnershipMetro perspective

• Broaden and strengthen outreach for its six desired outcomes

• Foster new, strategic approaches to achieve those outcomes

• Utilize Metro’s advisory and dialogue structure (MPAC, JPACT)

• Link indicators to projects and practice (e.g., evaluation criteria)6

Metro-PSU partnershipPSU perspective

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• Regional indicators are mission critical and can stimulate deeper research and understanding

• GPVI will:

- gather and disseminate information

- convene regional partners in a neutral setting

- stimulate dialogue and action on critical issues

- promote regional approaches and partnerships.

Principles

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• outcome oriented• collaboratively developed• used and useful• informs decisions• serves multiple users,

i.e., address Metro’s six outcomes

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Outcome oriented in practice

Deliverables•outcomes•drivers•indicators•data

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Metro’s six outcomes align with GPVI

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GPVI theory of action

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Results

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Best practice example: education pipelineData National leader in regional indicators producing biennial reports for civic vitality, arts, economy, education, environment, housing, safety and transportation.Actionable knowledge Because education impacts so many other desired outcomes, the Boston Indicators Project produced (on request) a special closer-look report, Boston’s Education Pipeline: A Report Card.Coordinated action The Pipeline report inspired groups of community leaders to create support for an additional $27 million for early childhood through post-secondary, and to hold themselves accountable to the results tracked by Pipeline report.

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Best practice example: retaining talent

Data Longest running regional data report in the nationActionable knowledge A topic is picked from each report for further study and strategy recommendations. In 2006, this lead to report: Retaining Talent: People and Jobs for the 21st Century.Coordinated action Implementation groups advocate for two years; JCCI tracks progress and reports that each of the three main recommendations from Retaining Talent were implemented.

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GPVI teams, start-up phase

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GPVI Advisory Team

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Co-chairsWim Wiewel, president, Portland State UniversityGale Castillo, president, Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber

MembersGail Achterman, chair, Oregon Transportation CommissionSam Adams, mayor, City of PortlandThomas Aschenbrener, president, Northwest Health FoundationRex Burkholder, Metro CouncilJeff Cogen, chair, Multnomah County CommissionLynn Valenter, acting chancellor, Washington State University-VancouverPaul Dennis, mayor, City of CamasDenny Doyle, mayor, City of Beaverton

Josh Fuhrer, councilor, City of Gresham Jack Hoffman, mayor, City of Lake OswegoMike Houck, executive director, Urban Greenspaces InstituteNichole Maher, executive director, Native American Youth Family CenterPamela Morgan, management consultant, Graceful Systems, LLCMarcus Mundy, president and CEO, Urban League of PortlandJoseph Santos-Lyons, director, Asian Pacific American Network of OregonBill Scott, general manager, Zipcar PortlandSteve Stuart, chair, Clark County CommissionBill Wyatt, executive director, Port of PortlandDavid Wynde, director, US Bank Community Relations

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ENGAGEMENT

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GPVI timeline, start-up phase

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Equity panelFour themes•disaggregation•mapping•need for betterdata•community perspective

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http://www.pdx.edu/ims/indicators/documents

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Business plan

• institutional home

• governance

• funding plan

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http://www.pdx.edu/ims/indicators/documents

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Preliminary data themesThe following slides introduce preliminary data themes from the results teams. They do not reflect a full or prioritized scope of outcomes and data, but do reveal some important trends and provide a taste of the complexity of the issues. See complete data themes document at: www.pdx.edu/ims/indicators/documents

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Peaks and troughs in employment are greater for the Portland region

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Neighborhoods with:

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which increases revenues and decreases demand, leading to

which helps people achieve

which further strengthens attracts

GPVI next stepsComplete beta report and website June 30Outreach and review July, August

elected officialslocal governmentsfoundations and nonprofitscitizensMetro staff - review how the emerging indicators relate to ongoing work programs and data collection efforts

Establish permanent home September 2011Launch operations Fall 2011

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Contact for more informationRita ConradGPVI project manager at Metro503-813-7572rita.conrad@oregonmetro.gov

Sheila MartinDirector of PSU’s Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies503-725-5170sheilam@pdx.edu

Mike HoglundDirector, research center at Metro503-797-1743mike.hoglund@oregonmetro.gov

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