Ryan Grissinger · Delaware County Commissioner

Your Voice Matters

Tell me what matters most to you. If you want, go deeper on the issues you care about.

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Step 1

How long have you lived in Delaware County?

Under 2 years

2 to 10 years

Over 10 years

Step 2

What are the biggest challenges facing the county?

Pick your top three. Tap an issue to add it, or drag it up. Use the arrows to reorder.

Your top picks

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Step 3

If the county had to choose, which would you lean toward?

Keeping taxes low

Investing more in roads and services

Choose one

Step 4

Which of these comes closer to your view, even if neither is exact?

The county should make sure roads, sewers, and emergency services are ready before new projects are approved, even if that slows some approvals down.

The county should slow the overall pace of new development, even if that means turning away projects the county could use.

Neither of these

Not sure

Step 5

On property taxes, which comes closer to your view?

Keeping the overall tax rate low is what protects homeowners, and it is why businesses choose Delaware County over its neighbors.

Large commercial projects should pay the same rate homeowners do, even if some choose to build elsewhere.

Neither of these

Not sure

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A little about you

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Which community do you live in? *

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Pick an issue you care about

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Roads, traffic, and the US-23 connector Thanks, got it.

Roads, traffic, and the US-23 connector

The state is weighing a new US-23 to I-71 connector. Which comes closer to your view?

A new connector is needed to relieve traffic on US-23, even if it changes the townships it passes through.

A new connector would attract more development and traffic of its own. I would rather see existing roads improved.

Neither of these

Not sure

When new development creates the need for road improvements, which comes closer to your view?

Developers should cover more of the cost of the road improvements their projects create, even if that means some projects do not happen.

Road improvements benefit everyone who drives them, so it is fair to fund them publicly through taxes and state dollars.

Neither of these

Not sure

Is there a specific road, intersection, or rail crossing that causes you the most trouble? Tell us where, and anything else on your mind about roads and traffic.

Sewers, capacity, and who pays Thanks, got it.

Sewers, capacity, and who pays

Before today, how much would you say you knew about how sewer capacity decisions get made in Delaware County?

A lot

A little

Almost nothing

Expanding sewer capacity costs money. Which comes closer to your view?

The cost of expanding capacity should fall mainly on the new development that creates the need.

Expansion costs should be shared across all customers, since everyone benefits from a modern system with room to grow.

Neither of these

Not sure

Anything on your mind about sewers, water service, or utility rates?

Data centers, water, and power Thanks, got it.

Data centers, water, and power

Which comes closer to your view on data centers in Delaware County?

Data centers bring billions in investment and tax revenue that eventually funds roads, safety, and schools. We should compete for more of them.

Data centers use large amounts of water and power and often pay reduced taxes for decades. The costs may outweigh the benefits.

Neither of these

Not sure

When a large industrial project like a data center is proposed near a community, what matters most to you personally?

The jobs and investment it brings

The impact on electricity and water costs

Whether it pays full property taxes

How close it is to homes and schools

Not sure

Anything else about data centers, water, or power? If there is a specific project you are watching, name it.

Open space and the character of your community Thanks, got it.

Open space and the character of your community

Both of these are real goods. When they conflict, which do you weight more?

Preserving farmland and open space that the whole community benefits from.

A landowner's right to sell or develop their own land as they choose.

It depends

Not sure

Thinking about how growth gets built, which would you rather see in your own community?

Growth concentrated in compact centers, which keeps more open land untouched but puts more density in one place.

Growth spread out on larger lots, which lowers density in any one place but uses more total land.

It depends

Not sure

Is there a place in your community, a road, a farm, a view, a downtown, that you would hate to see change? Tell us about it.

Homes our kids can afford Thanks, got it.

Homes our kids can afford

Both of these are real goals. If your community had to lean one way, which matters more to you?

Homes that young families, first-time buyers, and working people can actually afford, even if that means more homes built closer together.

The space, quiet, and character of the neighborhood you chose, even if that means fewer homes get built.

It depends

Not sure

Thinking about people who work in Delaware County, like teachers, nurses, firefighters, and tradespeople: how important is it to you that they can afford to live in the county?

Very important

Somewhat important

Not very important

Not sure

What is your housing story? Renting, buying, trying to stay, hoping your kids can settle nearby: whatever fits.

Property taxes: the full picture Thanks, got it.

Property taxes: the full picture

Delaware County's general fund is about $163.5 million a year. If you were setting priorities, which would you lean toward?

Hold county spending flat and look for savings, even if some services grow more slowly than the county does.

Increase county spending on roads, safety, and services to keep pace with growth, even if that means higher taxes.

Neither of these

Not sure

Ohio counties can offer property tax breaks to attract commercial and industrial development. Which comes closer to your view?

Tax breaks are a necessary tool. Without them, major employers and investment go to other counties instead.

Tax breaks shift costs onto existing residents. Large projects should pay their full share even if some choose to go elsewhere.

Neither of these

Not sure

Anything else about property taxes: your own tax bill, levies, or how the county spends money?

In your own words

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What do you love most about living in Delaware County?

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