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Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:00:00 GMT
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- December 08, 2009, 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
On December 8, Brookings and the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) will bring together civic and business leaders, policymakers, and administration officials for a conversation about practical and imaginative ways to promote alternative forms of transportation. The event will launch Cities for Cycling, a NACTO project to break down barriers to bicycle-friendly street design in municipalities around the United States.
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Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Bruce Katz discusses the Great Recession from the United States metropolitan perspective and sketches the shape of the next U.S. economy whose future prosperity is slowly coming into view.
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Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT
At an event with Congressman John Olver in Holyoke, Mass., Bruce Katz outlined the contours and implications of a low-carbon, innovation-fueled, and export-oriented economy for our Metro Nation, and specifically older New England metros. Using the example of post-industrial European cities, he emphasized the importance of metropolitan areas having a strong federal partner to drive the next economy.
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Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT
By highlighting the critical role of volunteerism in addressing challenges at home and abroad, President Obama spoke to American community service participation at a forum Friday hosted by former President George H. W. Bush and the Points of Light Institute. David Caprara says the bipartisan nature of America’s vibrant service movement is urgently needed.
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Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT
At a gathering at the University of Washington, Bruce Katz described the elements of a low-carbon, innovation-led and export-oriented economy that is coming to view in the midst of the Great Recession. While the Seattle metropolis has many of the assets necessary to take part in this next economy, it needs renewed civic collaboration, governance reform, and a partnership with the "two Washingtons," Olympia, and D.C., to achieve productive, inclusive, and sustainable growth.
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Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Preparations for April’s 2010 census are well underway but a last-minute amendment introduced by Sens. David Vitter (R-LA) and Robert Bennett (R-UT) threatens to derail it. In order to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the apportionment process, the Senators want to bar the Census Bureau from moving ahead unless it adds questions on citizenship and immigration status. Audrey Singer and Andrew Reamer say that the Senate should reject this amendment because it would result in inaccuracy, increased costs, and ironically disrupt the apportionment process.
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Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT
At the Regional Policy Conference at the University of Minnesota, Bruce Katz discussed the importance of competitiveness, sustainable growth and metropolitan governance in the current difficult economic and fiscal environment in the state of Minnesota and across the country. These forces compel the U.S. to rethink how we grow and demand a new approach to metropolitan governance that is multi-jurisdictional, multi-dimensional, accountable and transparent.
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Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT
In this New York Times “op-chart” Amy Liu analyzes the current state of the New Orleans region four years after Hurricane Katrina. Though rebuilding has blunted some of the recession’s effects, she notes that the city and region still face substantial housing, employment, and environmental challenges.
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Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Though New Orleans has been somewhat shielded from the recession due to its industry composition and ongoing rebuilding activities, four years after Katrina the region still faces major challenges due to blight, unaffordable housing, and vulnerable flood protection. New federal leadership must commit and sustain its partnership with state and local leaders by delivering on key milestones in innovation, infrastructure, human capital, and sustainable communities to help greater New Orleans move past "disaster recovery" and boldly build a more prosperous future.
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Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Margery Turner and Alan Berube explore how federal policy-makers—particularly at the Departments of Education and Housing and Urban Development—can promote local innovations that address the myriad connections between schools and housing, and provide better residential and educational environments for lower-income parents and students.
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Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT
At a “Restoring Prosperity” gathering at Cleveland State University, Bruce Katz called upon Ohio’s leaders to take bold measures to stabilize the state’s economy by focusing on core communities—home to the assets that are key to recovery.
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Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Facing the worst foreclosure crisis since the Great Depression, the state of Ohio has responded by focusing on helping individuals keep their homes. Ohio must direct more attention and more resources to the devastating effects that foreclosures are having on entire communities, from the urban neighborhoods of Cleveland or Cincinnati to suburban and rural communities across the state.
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Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Transit agencies across the United States are facing service cutbacks and fare increases in order to close their budget gaps. The largest, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), is no exception. Robert Puentes and Emilia Istrate offer recommendations for closing the MTA’s budget gap.
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Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Testifying before the Council of the District of Columbia, Martha Ross called for renewed attention to programs connecting young people to job training and the labor market, urging attention to program quality rather than just numbers served.
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Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Hurricane Katrina illustrated that a strong federal-state-local partnership is needed for post-disaster recovery. Amy Liu told a House Homeland Security panel that federal leaders should reward states and localities for achieving a clear set of outcomes that lead to a prosperous recovery, not just over-regulate them with distrust.
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Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT
In testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, David Caprara spoke to the effectiveness of international volunteering and how it is an essential element of the U.S. response to critical challenges at home and abroad.
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Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Congressional Black Caucus and Hispanic advocacy groups cried foul over Sen. Judd Gregg’s abortive nomination for Commerce Secretary because of census concerns, while conservative groups pilloried White House moves to assuage them. Andrew Reamer argues that both sides’ concerns would be best addressed by focusing on the Census Bureau itself.
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Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT
The wave of home mortgage foreclosures that began in 2006 continues to surge, greatly destabilizing neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the United States. However, the federal government has played a limited role to date in blunting its effects. This Blueprint policy brief argues for carefully-targeted federal policies to assist states and localities in mitigating the community-level impacts of foreclosure, and creating the conditions for ultimate housing market recovery.
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Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT
In contrast to the nation, the greater New Orleans economy has grown, boosted by the large-scale rebuilding effort underway. There is a new uptick in population growth and the region's unemployment rate is a relatively low 4.9 percent. Yet, storm damage remains widespread, potential destruction from new storms looms large, and state and local leaders must simultaneously confront the opportunities and challenges presented by Washington's economic recovery efforts and the potential sunsetting of the federal Office of Gulf Coast Recovery.
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Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Barack Obama has promised to make urban issues a central part of his presidential agenda. In this broadcast, Amy Liu talks to Kojo Nnamdi and others about strategies for reinvesting in our nation’s urban areas.
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Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Harry Holzer examines the likely effects of “living wage” ordinances on employment outcomes, according to economic theory; as well as evidence on their actual effects.
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Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:30:00 GMT
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- November 26, 2008, 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Too many Americans leave school with inadequate skills, and too many working families struggle to make ends meet. Greater investments in economic opportunity are needed to reduce poverty and increase future economic mobility for today’s poor children. On Wednesday, November 26, Brookings Senior Fellow Rebecca Blank answered questions during a web chat with Politico about poverty in the United States and creating opportunities for American families.
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Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT
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- November 21, 2008, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM
The authors of the report, “Mountain Megas: America’s Newest Metropolitan Places and a Federal Partnership to Help Them Prosper” held a forum in Phoenix to discuss population growth and economic/demographic change in America’s Intermountain West.
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Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT
A new Blueprint paper argues that the rising number of vacant and abandoned properties around the nation requires a more robust drive by the federal government to aid states and localities in land banking. The author, Frank Alexander of Emory University, recommends that federal policy should better capitalize local and regional land banking (the process or policy by which local governments acquire surplus properties and convert them to productive use), encourage code reform and regional collaboration.
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Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:00:00 GMT
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- October 28, 2008, 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
On Tuesday, October 28, the authors of the report, “Mountain Megas: America’s Newest Metropolitan Places and a Federal Partnership to Help Them Prosper” held a forum in Las Vegas to discuss population growth and economic/demographic change in America’s Intermountain West.
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Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Bruce Katz and Metro partner Lavea Brachman co-authored an op-ed appearing in the Cleveland Plain-Dealer stemming from the success of the “Ohio Summit” this past September. In it, the two explain the need for a change in the discourse about the national economy.
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Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT
A May 2007 Brookings report, “Restoring Prosperity,” examined how 302 U.S. cities fared on eight indicators of economic health and vitality. While the report's central focus was on cities facing the steepest economic challenges, the analysis showed that some raised their economic status over time. Chattanooga, Tennessee a few years ago faced what many smaller cities are struggling with today—a sudden decline after years of prosperity in the "old" economy. This case study offers a roadmap for these cities by chronicling Chattanooga's demise and rebirth.
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Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT
A May 2007 Brookings report, “Restoring Prosperity,” examined how 302 U.S. cities fared on eight indicators of economic health and vitality. While the report's central focus was on cities facing the steepest economic challenges, the analysis showed that some raised their economic status over time. This in-depth case studies of Louisville, Kentucky offers important lessons for other cities that are striving to compete in a very new economic era.
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Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT
A May 2007 Brookings report, “Restoring Prosperity,” examined how 302 U.S. cities fared on eight indicators of economic health and vitality. While the report's central focus was on cities facing the steepest economic challenges, the analysis showed that some raised their economic status over time. In-depth case studies of three of those cities—Akron, Chattanooga, and Louisville—illustrate how struggling cities can begin to reshape and reinvigorate their economies.
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Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:30:00 GMT
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- September 10, 2008, 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM
The 2008 Ohio Summit – Restoring Our Prosperity: The State Role in Revitalizing Ohio’s Core Communities convened more than 1000 government, corporate, civic, neighborhood and academic leaders from around the state, including Governor Ted Strickland, Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher, Senate President Bill Harris and Speaker of the House Jon Husted.
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Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:08:47 GMT
Ohio has the assets that matter in growing a prosperous economy, Bruce Katz explains, and that the state's ability to compete globally relies on its 32 core communities.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Amy Liu explores the current state of the New Orleans region upon the third anniversary of hurricane Katrina. Noting the city has recovered most of its population and jobs, she argues that serious challenges remain: lack of public services such as hospitals and child care centers, public transit and a deficient system of levees still loom.
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Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Hugh B. Price shares the lessons learned during his tenure as president of the National Urban League and explains how educators can collaborate with others to reverse poor motivation, reward student success, and realize higher achievement in even the most challenged school districts.
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Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:15:00 GMT
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- July 22, 2008, 11:15 AM to 2:30 PM
On Tuesday, July 22, the authors of a new report, “Mountain Megas: America’s Newest Metropolitan Places and a Federal Partnership to Help Them Prosper” held a forum in Denver to discuss population growth and economic/demographic change in America’s Intermountain West.
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Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT
The accelerated development of electronic land information systems in our cities creates opportunities for important improvements in land management and community development. However, “decision support tools” are needed to assure that new data are effectively acted on. These tools transform raw data into accessible information displays designed to inform specific actions by private, nonprofit and government actors, and may range from simple web tables to more complex analytic processes. This paper reviews early experiences in developing such tools in five cities (as part of a Brookings Urban Markets Initiative pilot project) and concludes that they have great promise. The choice of tools will depend on local market conditions, but in all areas, they can help in: (1) assessing trends and need for intervention; (2) deciding on the appropriate interventions for individual properties; and (3) program monitoring and coordination. Ideas are offered as to how local leaders can create an environment conducive to capitalizing on the potential of these tools and avoiding risks that could hinder their effective use.
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Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Writing in the Washington Post, Brookings’ Alice M. Rivlin and Walter Smith of DC Appleseed argue that a community college should be established in the District of Columbia.
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Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT
The United Kingdom has moved aggressively at the national level over the past decade to strengthen the performance of its major cities and urban areas. In light of their success, Alan Berube and Chris Webber outline several lessons for American efforts to create a smarter metropolitan policy that will bolster U.S. economic growth, social inclusion and environmental sustainability.
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Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT
The mortgage foreclosure crisis has become an issue of growing concern over the past two years, particularly in many older industrial communities. Alan Mallack proposes a set of 10 action steps that state leaders can take to help mitigate its impact on families and neighborhoods—and prevent a similar situation from occurring in the future.
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Tue, 13 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT
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- May 13, 2008, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Since the launch of AmeriCorps in 1994, more than a half million Americans have served in the program and helped support local nonprofits and communities in activities, including education, poverty alleviation and disaster support. Brookings and the Corporation for National and Community Service hosted a forum on the role of AmeriCorps in helping to create future public service leaders.
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Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT
The presidential candidates all seem to agree that current immigration policies are broken and need to be fixed. But so far they've avoided dialogue on specific policy ideas. Audrey Singer's ideas for our next president include an Earned Legalization program; an Impact Aid program that would offset state and local expenditures; and New Americans Initiative to help all immigrants integrate into American life.
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Thu, 01 May 2008 09:13:51 GMT
Martha Raddatz interviews Audrey Singer about the estimated 11 million people living illegally in the United States, and the economic force that undocumented workers exert. Her ideas include an Impact Aid Program that would offset state and local expenditures, and a New Americans Initiative to help integrate immigrants into American society.
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Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT
The District of Columbia is struggling to attract and retain families with children. Most newcomers are singles and childless couples. The total number of school-age children has declined slightly. Many of the city’s schools suffer from long-standing physical, management and academic problems. The availability of quality public schools, near affordable family-friendly housing, will help determine the city’s success.
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Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT
To respond to America’s slipping leadership in commercial innovation the federal government should establish a National Innovation Foundation (NIF)—a nimble, lean, and collaborative entity devoted to supporting firms and other organizations in their innovative activities. By realigning and augmenting the nation’s diffuse present efforts the new entity would help create better jobs in America, not just for highly educated “knowledge workers” but for high school graduates in manufacturing and “low-tech services.”
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Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT
A substantial number of low-income individuals make use of services within the alternative financial sector, particularly pay-day lenders and check cashing outlets. The high cost of these services has led many observers to seek policies that would reduce the use of informal financial services among lower income households. In this paper, Rebecca Blank reviews the reasons why individuals utilize AFS outlets and discusses the policy options that could affect these decisions.
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Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT
In a recent op-ed, Chris Leinberger writes that the future for development in Charlotte, N.C. lies in the building out of the light-rail system and mixed-use, high-density zoning around the stations. This new kind of growth will be economically, financially and environmentally more sustainable.
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Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT
The authors of this report urge researchers and policymakers to closely examine how regional differences in the cost of living impact the adequacy of programs to boost incomes and reduce poverty.
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Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT
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- February 27, 2008, 12:00 PM to 12:00
The Global Economy and Development program at Brookings hosted the inaugural meeting of its Global Young Professionals Program on February 27, featuring Matt Flannery, CEO and co-founder of Kiva.org, the world's first person-to-person micro-lending Web site.
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Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Chris Leinberger comments that the Philidelphia metro area will no doubt see its "Walk Score" number grow, and ultimately become a major concentration of walkable urban places.
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Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Walkable urbanism is the new American Dream for many in major metro areas. Chris Leinberger illustrates how the Dallas metro area will soon become a major concentration of walkable urban places.
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Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Writing in the Politico, Robert Puentes argues that the dust-up over rail to Dulles airport is not a unique disease, but rather a symptom of a much larger national transportation illness.
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Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT
As a participant in the Rochester Regional Community Design Center’s “Reshaping Rochester” series, Bruce Katz offered a prescription for the continued revitalization of downtown Rochester, New York and the entire Rochester metropolitan area. Arguing that at least 2 percent of Rochester residents should be encouraged to live downtown, Katz outlines five specific strategies for the creation of a healthy and vital urban core.
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Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT
The $100 billion size of the high-cost non-bank basic financial services industry, including check cashers, payday lenders, and pawnshops, points to the high demand for basic financial services among low- and moderate-income customers. Alternative products sold by banks—located extensively in lower-income neighborhoods could meet those consumer needs, while also creating an opportunity for households to convert their current spending on high-cost services into savings and even wealth.
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Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Bruce Katz and his colleague MarySue Barrett argue that presidential candidates can score big with metropolitan voters in places such as Phoenix, New York, Santa Fe and Chicago if they rethink the compact between metro areas and the federal government.
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Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT
In testimony before the D.C. City Council Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs, Alice M. Rivlin presents recommendations for reducing poverty in the District. She gives examples of education and training programs that could be funded in the FY2009 budget and reviews longer-term workforce development strategies.
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Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Evidence from a variety of sources indicates that there is renewed interest in living in the District of Columbia. Brooke DeRenzis reviews changes among D.C.’s population since 2000 and examines movement in and out of the city. She finds that the city has drawn newcomers from across the country. Many of those leaving the District are settling in the Washington region’s suburbs.
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Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Chris Leinberger discusses walkable urbanism, and how the desire for more walkable urban spaces is changing the housing market in America's cities as people seek alternatives to driving.
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Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT
As presidential candidates continue to campaign in Florida and across the country, they are forsaking a real opportunity to speak directly to the prosperity challenges facing America's states and metropolitan areas.
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Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Chris Leinberger discusses his book about the most walkable urban and metro areas in the United States with Nicole Lapin from CNN.
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Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Over 100 leaders were in attendance at the second Urban Markets Initiative Forum, “Connecting Communities: Using Information to Drive Change.” The day focused on the many ways information connects many types of communities to drive change with the embedded themes of collaboration and partnership, and data sharing.
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Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT
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Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT
At a legislative conference in Cambridge, Ohio, Bruce Katz stressed the importance of cities and metro areas to the state's overall prosperity. Acknowledging the decline of Ohio's older industrial cities, Katz noted the area's many assets and argued for a focus on innovation, human capital, infrastructure, and quality communities as means to revitalize the region.
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Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Robert Puentes' presentation as part of Asheville, North Carolina's Downtown Association Speaker Series provided an overview of broad trends affecting growth and development in metropolitan areas nationwide, highlighted the effect of these trends on Asheville's quality of place, and discussed the building blocks for strong cities and healthy metros.
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Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT
A Brookings study of 302 cities and found Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton, Mansfield, Springfield, Warren and Youngstown among 65 cities that are underperforming compared to their peers nationwide. Most of these cities—and their metropolitan areas—are struggling to make a successful transition from an economy based on routine manufacturing to one based on more knowledge-oriented activities.
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Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT
For all of Connecticut's affluence, its economic performance in recent years has been lackluster at best. According to a recent report by the Connecticut Economic Resource Center, the state has fallen far behind in job growth and entrepreneurialism,
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Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT
While infrastructure is an essential foundation for a healthy economy, decisions about where and how these investments are made are rarely tied to regional economic objectives. In this presentation as part of Portland Metro?s Economic Development Spe
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Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Before a summit in Western Michigan, Robert Puentes focused on the tie between physical growth and economic growth and specifically how the region can significantly tie together smarter development patterns and the infrastructure to support them.
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Tue, 29 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Before the City Club in Cleveland, Bruce Katz emphasized the importance of Ohio's older industrial cities for the state's overall prosperity and outlined, despite seemingly grim statistics, why now is the time for a rebirth of those places and how it can be achieved.
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Sun, 27 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT
State governments must get more involved and provide more support to revitalize cities like Pittsburgh
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Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT
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Brookings's International Volunteering and Service Initiative hosted a briefing for policy-makers on the importance and impact of global service. Sens. Russell Feingold and Norm Coleman announced their recently proposed Global Service Fellowship Act of 2007 (S. 1464), which aims to expand the number of American volunteers serving overseas through NGOs, faith based organizations, universities and the private sector.
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Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Bruce Katz argues that the United States needs a national agenda to give cities and metros the rules and the tools they need to prosper.
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Fri, 04 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT
In an address to a gathering of the Urban Age in New York City, Bruce Katz argues that contrary to popular opinion, the United States exemplifies the world?s drive towards urbanization, and that to remain prosperous, the U.S. must recognize the centr
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Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT
With over 16 million people and nearly 8.6 million jobs, America's older industrial cities remain a vital part of the economy, particularly in states such as Ohio and Pennsylvania where they are heavily concentrated. Jennifer Vey outlines an asset-oriented agenda to mobilize governors and legislative leaders, plus local constituencies, behind reinvigorating the market in the nation's older industrial cities.
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Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT
While many developers and investors intuitively believe in the potential for profitable returns in American cities, there is a lack of visibility into what works and what does not work in urban markets.
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Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT
If housing policy is to achieve its full potential, it cannot be crafted and executed in isolation, but rather, it must be shaped in concert with related policies like transportation, land use, economic development, financial services, and even education.
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Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:00:00 GMT
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Sun, 08 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT
The authors argue that the same trends of slow growth, "hollowing" metropolitan and rural areas and deindustrialization that have gripped Pennsylvania for decades still do today and require urgent, possibly radical responses.
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Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT
"Committing to Prosperity," an update of Metropolitan Policy Program's 2003 report "Back to Prosperity: A Competitive Agenda to Renew Pennsylvania," revisits the state of the Commonwealth and reviews policy reform activity to date.
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Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Many individuals outside the credit mainstream are unable to access credit, or credit at competitive rates, because of the lack of traditional information, such as mortgage and credit card payments, available on their credit files.
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Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Marriage, long the centerpiece of Middle Eastern life, is in crisis. The reason: a new generation of young men cannot afford to marry--a fact that's destined to exacerbate many of the region's social and political problems.
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Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT
This discussion paper helps data creators and data users better understand the unequivocal importance of statistical metadata in their datasets.
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Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT
In this report—prepared in partnership with MassINC, a non-partisan Boston-based think tank—the authors contend that the future of one of the nation's most advanced state economies depends in part on revitalizing its "Gateway Cities," the Commonwealth of Massachusetts's once-humming mill and manufacturing towns.
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Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT
outsourcing, metro economies, metropolitan economies, mei, job losses, information technology jobs, service jobs, backoffice jobs, computer programming, software engineering, and data entry jobs, offshored jobs, boost productivity and innovation, eco
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Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:00:00 GMT
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Sun, 07 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Editorial by David Caprara in the Washington Post, advocating volunteerism as effective public diplomacy.
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Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT
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- December 05, 2006 at 12:00 AM
Brookings launched a national initiative aimed at increasing the number of U.S. volunteers in international service as part of an International Volunteering Leadership Forum featuring government, corporate and civil society leaders.
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Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT
Report by Alyssa Stewart Lee Brookings 12-18-2006
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Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT
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Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT
Before the international Urban Age conference in Berlin, Bruce Katz argued that if cities are the organizing units of the new global order, then a broad range of policies and practices at the city, national, and supra-national levels need to be reeva
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Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT
This report is published by the UK Department of Communities and Local Government as one of a series associated with the State of the English Cities. It provides an overview of the state of American Cities and argues that while the U.S. and England a
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Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT
Although downtown revitalization and innovative mixed-income redevelopment are reinvigorating deteriorated inner-city neighborhoods in cities across the country, too little attention is paid to declining middle-income neighborhoods.
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Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT
In this presentation before 800 people at GrowSmart Maine's third annual summit, Bruce Katz argues that Maine must invest in what matters, the state's outstanding quality of place and most promising industrial clusters.
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Mon, 16 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT
In this presentation at the 16th Annual Conference on the Small City, Jennifer Vey presented the Brookings Weak Market Cities Project. The poor performance of weak market cities is largely a function of the shifting national economy, negative demogra
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Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT
This report concludes that for all of its challenges the state of Maine stands within reach of a new prosperity-if it takes bold action and focuses its limited resources on a few critical investments.
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Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT
Downtown Detroit In Focus is the product of innovative, progressive analysis of the market size and potential of Downtown Detroit.
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Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT
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Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT
Reamer Opinion 9-25-2006
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Thu, 07 Sep 2006 10:00:00 GMT
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Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT
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Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT
This paper examines recent research on methods to measure informal economic activity and articulates the need for further research. In particular the paper focuses on the urban informal economy in particular, and evaluates different definitions and t