Welcome To OARC

The Ohio Association of Regional Councils includes 23 agencies serving 1,525 municipalities, villages, townships and counties, encompassing more than 10.5 million Ohioans across the state. Regional councils coordinate and work to streamline statewide services at the regional level, leverage federal resources and serve as stewards of the Ohio's limited resources.

Ohio's regional councils serve as a conveners, consensus builders, facilitators and leaders in order to target limited regional resources to deliver the best return on investment for the region.