Benchmarking Central Ohio - Part 2

The Community's Conversation

For the first time since 2019, the all-new Columbus Foundation Community Benchmarking Report has measured how Central Ohio compares to more than 20 peer regions across more than 50 metrics and indices.

Building on a decade of community tracking, this newest research across a range of metrics offers a clear window to understanding how Central Ohio stacks up to comparable metro areas and gives us one of the best snapshots of where our region finds itself on this side of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The findings dive deeply into five overall categories – population vitality, economic strength, personal prosperity, lifelong learning, and overall community wellbeing. In this second of two forums, we’ll dive deep into the study’s findings on Personal Prosperity, Lifelong Learning, and Overall Community Wellbeing, and explore what the data says about Central Ohio’s future. The complete new report can be downloaded here.

Featuring:

J. Averi Frost, Freedom Equity Inc. and the Central Ohio African American Chamber of Commerce

Dr. Gina Ginn, CEO, Columbus Early Learning Centers

Matt Martin, Director of Community Research, The Columbus Foundation

The moderator is Autumn Glover, Senior Vice President, Provider + Community Partnerships, AndHealth.

The presenting sponsor of this two-part series was The Columbus Foundation.

This forum was sponsored by The American Electric Power Foundation.

The presenting sponsor of the CMC livestream was The Center for Human Kindness at the Columbus Foundation. Our livestream partner was The Columbus Dispatch.

This forum was also supported by The Ellis.

This forum was recorded before a live audience at The Ellis in Columbus’ historic Italian Village on November 20, 2024.