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Save to My PortfolioAddressing Ohio's Foreclosure Crisis: Taking the Next Steps

Alan Mallach, June 05, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Addressing Ohio's Foreclosure Crisis: Taking the Next StepsFacing 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. Read More

Mortgage Market, U.S. Housing Market, Banking, Cities, Community Development

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority is Not Alone in its Financial Struggles

Robert Puentes and Emilia Istrate, April 24, 2009, Newsday

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. Read More

Transportation, Cities, Community Development, Development, First Suburbs

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioLand Banking as Metropolitan Policy

Frank S. Alexander, October 28, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Frank Alexander of Emory University argues that the rising number of vacant and abandoned properties around the nation requires federal policy to 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. Read More

Community Development, Economic Development, U.S. Housing Market, Mortgage Market, Real Estate

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioA Restoring Prosperity Case Study: Chattanooga Tennessee

David Eichenthal and Tracy Windeknecht, September 2008, The Brookings Institution

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. Read More

Cities, Community Development, First Suburbs, Sprawl

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioA Restoring Prosperity Case Study: Akron Ohio

Larry Ledebur and Jill Taylor, September 2008, The Brookings Institution

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. Read More

Cities, Community Development, First Suburbs, Sprawl

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioA Restoring Prosperity Case Study: Louisville Kentucky

Edward Bennett and Carolyn Gatz, September 2008, The Brookings Institution

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.  Read More

Cities, Community Development, First Suburbs, Sprawl

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Save to My PortfolioRevitalizing Ohio

Bruce Katz, September 10, 2008

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.

Cities, Community Development, Sprawl, First Suburbs, Regions and States

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioRestoring Prosperity: The State Role in Revitalizing Ohio’s Core Communities

Wednesday, September 10, 2008
7:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Columbus, OH

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. Read More

Cities, Community Development, Sprawl, First Suburbs

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioTackling the Mortgage Crisis: 10 Action Steps for State Government

Alan Mallach, May 29, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Tackling the Mortgage Crisis: 10 Action Steps for State GovernmentThe 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. Read More

Mortgage Market, U.S. Housing Market, Financial Services, Banking, Cities

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioKeeping Controversial Dulles Project on Track

Robert Puentes, February 13, 2008, The Politico

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. Read More

Transportation, Cities, Community Development, Development, First Suburbs

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioMetro Nation: How Ohio’s Cities and Metro Areas Can Drive Prosperity in the 21st Century

Bruce Katz, September 07, 2007, The Brookings Institution

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. Read More

Infrastructure, Community Development, First Suburbs, Regions and States, U.S. Economic Growth

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioRestoring Prosperity: The State Role in Revitalizing America's Older Industrial Cities

Jennifer S. Vey, May 2007, The Brookings Institution

Restoring Prosperity: The State Role in Revitalizing America's Older Industrial CitiesWith 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. Read More

Cities, Community Development, Sprawl, First Suburbs

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioA Review of New Urban Demographics and Impacts on Housing

Robert Puentes, March 26, 2007, National Multi Housing Council Research Forum

In this presentation Robert Puentes provides a deeper understanding of trends that are impacting metropolitan America and how those trends may impact the demand for multi-family housing in the coming decades. Read More

U.S. Housing Market, Cities, Sprawl, First Suburbs

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Federal Housing Policy Dilemma for Older Communities

Robert Puentes and Jennifer S. Vey, March 23, 2007, Capitol Hill Briefing

In his Capitol Hill Briefing, Robert Puentes argues that often the biggest challenge for older cities and close-in suburbs is not a lack of affordable housing but a need to grow, hold, and attract middle-income households and to foster mixed-income n Read More

U.S. Housing Market, Cities, First Suburbs

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioCaution: Challenges Ahead, A Review of New Urban Demographics and Impacts on Transportation

Robert Puentes, December 06, 2006, Eno Foundation Forum

In this presentation to the Eno Transportation Foundation, Robert Puentes discusses how to best respond to the rapid demographic change currently underway and how to accommodate the growth and development forecasted for this nation over the next seve Read More

Cities, First Suburbs

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Robert Puentes

Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program

Robert Puentes focuses on the broad array of policies and issues related to metropolitan growth and development. He is an expert on transportation and infrastructure, urban planning, growth management, suburban issues and housing.
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