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• New Report Details Rising Fiscal and Other Costs Associated with Missouri Development Trends

  Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:09:08 GMT

  Press Release for Growth in the Heartland: Challenges and Opportunities for Misosuri

• Organizing for Success: A Call to Action for the Kansas City Region

  Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT

  Though possessing much economic strength, the Kansas City region faces stark barriers to its long term competitiveness, including a limited capacity for innovation, unfocused growth, and wide racial disparities.

• Missouri Needs to Focus

  Sun, 24 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

  Missourians should look beyond divisive wedge issues to evaluate their gubernatorial choices on the basis of the real issue this fall: their state?s dire land-use and competitive crisis.

• Missouri Candidates Should Get Real

  Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

  The Missouri gubernatorial race will likely turn on ""character"" but that's too bad; Missourians need to hear about some other things this fall.

• Kansas City: Region on the Rise

  Fri, 04 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT

  In this presentation to the Mid-America Regional Council, Bruce Katz discussed the policies the Kansas City region can pursue to help it move toward a brighter economic future.

• Growth in the Heartland

  Wed, 10 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT

  This presentation by Amy Liu discusses growth and development trends in the state of Missouri and their consequences. Additionally, it outlines strategies that Missouri and other states can pursue to help communities grow in more efficient and fiscal

• Kansas City in Focus: A Profile from Census 2000

  Sat, 01 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  Kansas City in Focus: This Living Cities databook compiles key city information from Census 2000 in a "one-stop" guide for local leaders.

• Tax Increment Financing in the Kansas City and St. Louis Metropolitan Areas

  Tue, 01 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  A new analysis of tax increment finance (TIF) in Missouri finds the state's vague provisions and weak oversight allow abuse of the economic development mechanism, particularly in the St. Louis metropolitan area.

• Springfield's resilience: Plan well to keep it

  Sun, 02 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT

  This commentary in the Springfield (MO) News-Leader argues that Springfield?s economic resilience depends on the city setting a statewide example of growth management in the Show Me State.

• Growth in the Heartland: Challenges and Opportunities for Missouri

  Sun, 01 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT

  This report documents that Missouri's population is spreading out to an extreme degree that imposes substantial fiscal, economic, environmental, and social costs on communities and taxpayers.