RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
John C. Austin, November 04, 2009, The Brookings Institution
During a recent visit to Milwaukee, John Austin explored the economic revitalization of the Great Lakes region. Austin writes that these efforts have been given a major boost by President Obama, signing a bill that provided $475 million in Great Lakes cleanup dollars, a down-payment on a long term multi-billion dollar federal-state-local plan to clean water and reboot municipal waste systems. The empirical data shows that the clean up is creating jobs and is an economic engine throughout the Great Lakes region. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Adie Tomer, Robert Puentes and John C. Austin, October 08, 2009, The Brookings Institution
The economic recession and contraction in the auto and manufacturing industries have had a significant impact on air travel trends in the Great Lakes region’s metropolitan areas, according to Robert Puentes, Adie Tomer and John Austin. The fall-off in air travel in the last ten years has been precipitous in the region, but a return to economic growth will challenge the most connected metropolitan areas. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Jennifer S. Vey, September 15, 2009, The Brookings Institution
A supplement to the MetroMonitor, this first edition of the Great Lakes Monitor examines the 21 largest metros in the Great Lakes region on key indicators of economic performance. It illustrates that, although Great Lakes metros have for decades shared in the struggle to retool their economies, the recession has had highly varied impacts across the region. The findings help define where and how policy makers and regional stakeholders need to focus their energies to help ensure that recovery comes—if slowly—to all parts of this complex area. Read More
VIDEO
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.
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
John C. Austin, Soren Anderson, Paul N. Courant and Robert E. Litan, March 24, 2008, The Brookings Institution
An analysis of projected property value increases created by the implementation of the federal-state Great Lakes Regional Collaboration (GLRC) Restoration Strategy shows estimated total benefits for the region’s metropolitan areas on the order of $16.1 billion to $26.5 billion. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
John C. Austin, October 01, 2007, The Brookings Institution
John Austin provided Great Lakes regional economic context for a forum of Ohio and Pennsylvania business and civic leaders convened by Congressmen Jason Altmire (PA), and Tim Ryan (OH) to develop strategies for growing the bi-state regional economy. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
John C. Austin, September 05, 2007, The Brookings Institution
In this audio news conference presentation, Vital Center author John Austin discusses the importance of the benefits of restoring the Great Lakes ecosystem.
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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
John C. Austin, Soren Anderson, Paul N. Courant and Robert E. Litan, September 04, 2007, The Brookings Institution
For the past half century, the Great Lakes region has struggled to find its niche in a changing global economy. But the Great Lakes themselves can be a key asset in regional renewal. Read More
PAST EVENT
Thursday, June 28, 2007
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC
On June 28, the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program hosted the first in a series of forums to highlight ways the federal government can help bolster the economic assets of the Great Lakes Region. Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-Mich.), a longtime proponent of revitalizing the region, provided opening remarks. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Britany Affolter-Caine, James Milway and John C. Austin, March 28, 2007, Ontario Investment and Trade Services
In this presentation to a meeting of Canadian federal and provincial officials, Toronto area civic and academic leaders, and city officials, John Austin and Britany Affolter-Caine previewed the upcoming report on the bi-national Great Lakes regional economy and shared strategies for fueling economic growth across boundaries in the region.
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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Britany Affolter-Caine, Bruce Katz and John C. Austin, March 05, 2007, Capitol Hill Briefing
In their Capitol Hill Briefing on the Great Lakes Economic Initiative, Bruce Katz and John Austin provide an overview of the initiative and present major findings from the framework paper. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bruce Katz, John C. Austin and Paul Dimond, February 28, 2007, Opportunity 08
America's Great Lakes region, once the core of the nation's industrial production and wealth creation, is losing ground rapidly. This 12-state region reaches from Buffalo and Pittsburgh in the east, to Minneapolis-St. Paul and St. Louis in the west. The competitiveness agenda of the next president should include an investment strategy that focuses on regional assets and institutions that steer the transition to the knowledge economy. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Britany Affolter-Caine and John C. Austin, October 01, 2006, The Brookings Institution
Despite its long leadership in manufacturing and business, assets like major universities, and abundant natural amenities, the Great Lakes region's industrial legacy has left it struggling to develop the human capital, entrepreneurial culture, and dynamic metropolitan regions needed to compete in the global economy. Read More