About the Brookings-Rockefeller Project on State and Metropolitan Innovation

States and metropolitan areas will be the hubs of policy innovation over the next several years. The project, a collaboration between the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings and the Rockefeller Foundation, is working to present fiscally-responsible state policies and practical metropolitan-led solutions that leaders can use to create a next economy that is driven by exports, powered by low carbon, fueled by innovation, rich with opportunity and led by metropolitan areas.

Metropolitan Innovation

Metropolitan Export Initiative
Overview »
Portland regional prospectus » (PDF)

Metropolitan Business Plans 
Overview »
Framing Paper »
Minneapolis Saint Paul regional prospectus » (PDF)
Northeast Ohio regional prospectus » (PDF) 
Seattle/Puget Sound regional prospectus » (PDF)


State Innovation

Delivering the Next Economy: The States Step Up » (November 2010)

Job Creation on a Budget: How Regional Industry Clusters Can Add Jobs, Bolster Entrepreneurship, and Spark Innovation » (January 2011)

Boosting Exports, Delivering Jobs, and Economic Growth » (January 2011)

Accelerating Advanced Manufacturing with New Research Centers » (February 2011)

State Transportation Reform: Cut to Invest in Transportation to Deliver the Next Economy »
(February 2011)

Recapturing Land for Economic and Fiscal Growth » (May 2011)

Community Colleges and Regional Recovery: Strategies for State Action » (May 2011)

Unify, Regionalize, Diversify: An Economic Development Agenda for Nevada » (November 2011)

Moving Forward on Public Private Partnerships: U.S. and International Experience With PPP Units »
(December 2011)

Leveraging State Clean Energy Funds for Economic Development » (January 2012)