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Metropolitan Recovery and Spending Priorities

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioSeattle's Opportunity Emerging from the Great Recession

Bruce Katz, October 12, 2009, The Seattle Times

Bruce Katz outlines the many metropolitan assets that could form the basis for the Seattle region’s economic recovery and evolution. However, Seattle won’t get there without renewed civic collaboration, smart government action and an overarching regional vision. Read More

Cities, Economic Development, Innovation, Metropolitan Recovery and Spending Priorities

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioAdvancing 21st Century Regional Transportation: California’s High Speed Rail Plans

Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, August 26, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Advancing 21st Century Regional Transportation: California’s High Speed Rail PlansTo accelerate the arrival of regional high speed rail, a collaboration of Bay Area leaders proposes to use ARRA funds on the track and station upgrades that are both necessary for high speed rail but also enhance the safety, capacity, and performance of existing train operations. Brookings experts examine the proposals. Read More

Metropolitan Recovery and Spending Priorities, Cities, Regions and States, California

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioBuilding Green Workforce Region-wide: California’s Green Jobs Corps

Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, August 26, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Building Green Workforce Region-wide: California’s Green Jobs CorpsCalifornia is piloting a regionally-based, public-private partnership-driven, green jobs training program for at-risk youth that leverages ARRA funds with local resources to bring together new collaborations of employers, community colleges, and workforce organizations. Read More

Metropolitan Recovery and Spending Priorities, Cities, Regions and States, California

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioAdvancing Regional Connectivity: Broadband in Southeastern Massachusetts

Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, August 26, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Advancing Regional Connectivity: Broadband in Southeastern MassachusettsTo modernize the communications infrastructure in Southeastern Massachusetts, a regional public-private partnership is pursuing ARRA funds to install hundreds of miles of fiber optic cable and create a shared, multi-purpose regional data center. Read More

Metropolitan Recovery and Spending Priorities, Cities, Regions and States, Broadband Policy

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioCombining Regional Scale and Local Flexibility: NSP2 Plans for Metropolitan Washington D.C.

Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, August 25, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Combining Regional Scale and Local Flexibility: NSP2 Plans for Metropolitan Washington D.C.Six suburban jurisdictions around Washington DC came together under the leadership of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments to submit a joint NSP2 application that combines a region-scale loan fund with local-level flexibility in delivering homebuyer assistance and redeveloping select foreclosed properties for affordable rental housing. Read More

Metropolitan Recovery and Spending Priorities, Cities, Regions and States, Washington DC

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioStimulus at Six Months: Boom or Bust?

Thursday, August 13, 2009
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC

Stimulus at Six Months: Boom or Bust?Six months after Congress passed a two-year, $787 billion stimulus plan to revive America’s economy, conflicting numbers fuel arguments of both proponents and critics. A panel of Brookings experts weighed the evidence and discussed whether the money was strategically deployed to invigorate the nation’s economy, to create jobs and to advance school reform. Read More

U.S. Economic Stimulus, U.S. Economy, Metropolitan Recovery and Spending Priorities

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioImplementing ARRA: Innovations in Design in Metro America

Mark Muro, Sarah Rahman and Amy Liu, July 23, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Implementing ARRA: Innovations in Design in Metro AmericaIn this framing paper, Mark Muro, Sarah Rahman and Amy Liu highlight the work of some of the most creative recovery act implementers in metropolitan America, noting that their efforts to innovate come against the grain of federal “business-as-usual.” Read More

U.S. Economic Stimulus, Metropolitan Recovery and Spending Priorities, Federal Budget, Fiscal Policy, Cities

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioGuiding State Stimulus Spending: The Bay Area’s Economic Recovery Workplan

Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, July 23, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Guiding State Stimulus Spending: The Bay Area’s Economic Recovery WorkplanA Bay Area economic development nonprofit selected among hundreds of proposals to craft a single ARRA implementation strategy that creates jobs in the short-term and lays the foundation for economic growth and competitiveness in the long-term. Read More

Metropolitan Recovery and Spending Priorities, Cities, Regions and States, California

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioCoordinating Energy Efficiency Region-Wide: The Chicago-Area’s Building Energy Efficiency System

Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, July 22, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Coordinating Energy Efficiency Region-Wide: The Chicago-Area’s Building Energy Efficiency SystemA regional nonprofit plans on using ARRA funds to boost its current retrofit and weatherization activities in the short-term while promoting greater regional cooperation and expanded services in the long-term. Read More

Metropolitan Recovery and Spending Priorities, Cities, Regions and States, Chicago, Energy Security

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioExpanding Retrofits With Private Financing: Chicago’s Multi-Family Energy Retrofit Program

Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, July 21, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Expanding Retrofits With Private Financing: Chicago’s Multi-Family Energy Retrofit ProgramThe city of Chicago is using ARRA funds to introduce a new program for retrofit delivery that relies on private sector financing and energy service companies to target property owners of lower-income multi-family homes. Read More

Metropolitan Recovery and Spending Priorities, Cities, Regions and States, Chicago

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioCoordinating Inter-Suburban Recovery: ARRA Initiatives Across Chicago’s Southern Suburbs

Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, July 20, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Coordinating Inter-Suburban Recovery: ARRA Initiatives Across Chicago’s Southern SuburbsA group of 40 struggling Chicago-area suburbs are utilizing a pre-existing multi-jurisdictional neighborhood stabilization strategy as a framework for linking multiple ARRA funding flows to support community development, energy efficiency and infrastructure upgrades. Read More

Metropolitan Recovery and Spending Priorities, Cities, Regions and States, Chicago

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioLinking Green Recovery Goals: Integrated ARRA Initiatives in Greater Flagstaff

Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, July 19, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Linking Green Recovery Goals: Integrated ARRA Initiatives in Greater FlagstaffFlagstaff and Coconino County, AZ are working together on ways to reduce the communities’ high utility costs by using ARRA money to jump-start a drive to retrofit targeted households’ homes while drawing on newly trained local workers. Read More

Metropolitan Recovery and Spending Priorities, Cities, Regions and States

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioTargeting ARRA for Neighborhood Uplift: Kansas City’s Green Impact Zone

Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, July 18, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Targeting ARRA for Neighborhood Uplift: Kansas City’s Green Impact ZoneThis comprehensive plan to address a struggling 150-block urban zone in Kansas City utilizes multiple ARRA funds and other resources to train and employ the jobless to perform various energy-efficient and green infrastructure projects in the area. Read More

Metropolitan Recovery and Spending Priorities, Cities, Regions and States

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioAdvancing Joint City-County Recovery: The Memphis Blueprint for a City of Choice

Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, July 17, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Advancing Joint City-County Recovery: The Memphis Blueprint for a City of ChoiceThe city of Memphis and Shelby County, TN along with local business leaders have developed a blueprint to transform the core city into a choice place for living and working by investing ARRA dollars and other funding sources into human capital, government efficiency and economic growth. Read More

Metropolitan Recovery and Spending Priorities, Cities, Regions and States

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioScaling Up for Regional Sustainability: Puget Sound New Energy Solutions

Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, July 16, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Scaling Up for Regional Sustainability: Puget Sound New Energy SolutionsUsing ARRA funds in the short-term to seed a long-term initiative, a consortium of cities, counties, and local utilities in the Puget Sound area have banded together to advance innovative sustainability solutions in that region. Read More

Metropolitan Recovery and Spending Priorities, Cities, Regions and States

In Brief

President Obama’s FY 2010 budget will fundamentally reshape the nation’s priorities over the next decade. Brookings experts analyze how the 2010 budget plan and stimulus affect the metropolitan drivers of national prosperity, including innovation, human capital, infrastructure and sustainable places.

Featured Experts

Robert Puentes

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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Mark Muro

Mark Muro

Fellow and Policy Director, Metropolitan Policy Program

Mark Muro, a fellow and director of policy for the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, manages the program's public policy analysis and leads key policy research projects.
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Alan Berube

Alan Berube

Senior Fellow and Research Director, Metropolitan Policy Program

Alan Berube is a senior fellow and research director of the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. A former policy advisor to the U.S. Treasury Department, he is an expert on metropolitan demographics, low-wage workers, and urban poverty.
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