Luncheon Panel Discussion: From Urban Policy to Metro Policy: Cities and Suburbs Working Together

The Summit for American Prosperity, June 11-12, 2008 Opening Dinner  Opening Plenary Session Lunch Forum  Panel 1: Driving Competitiveness  Panel 2: Boosting Innovation  Panel 3: Promoting Inclusive Growth  Panel 4: Creating Quality Places  Closing Plenary  Policy reports Blueprint home

This luncheon plenary panel featured city and county leaders who represent the political, economic and demographic diversity of urban and suburban experiences found in America today. They showcased the rise of cities and suburbs "collaborating to compete" globally, rather than simply competing against each other within their metro areas. And the panelists spoke about why we need a "metropolitan policy" for a "metro nation" which re-aligns and modernizes federal policies to advance success and prosperity.

Introductions
Amy Liu
Deputy Director
Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings

MarySue Barrett
President, Metropolitan Planning Council (Chicago)



Panel Discussion
Larry Levy (Moderator) 
Executive Director, National Center for Suburban Studies, Hofstra University 


The Honorable Randy Pye
Mayor, City of Centennial, Colorado
Chair, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus (Denver)

The Honorable Jeffrey Schielke
Mayor, Batavia, Illinois
Chair, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus (Chicago)

The Honorable Thomas R. Suozzi
County Executive, Nassau County, New York


The Honorable Annabeth Surbaugh
Chairman, Johnson County, Kansas (Kansas City)


The Honorable A.C. Wharton, Jr.
Mayor, Shelby County, Tennessee (Memphis)