RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Alan Berube, November 17, 2009, The Brookings Institution
A United Kingdom based organization Centre for Cities released a new interactive map that follows the downturn and recovery of the UK’s major urban areas over the last 20 months. Alan Berube identifies that what a U.K. metro area did before the downturn had a big impact on its performance during the downturn. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
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
PAST EVENT
Thursday, August 13, 2009
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC
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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, August 09, 2009, The Brookings Institution
A 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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, August 06, 2009, The Brookings Institution
To 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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, August 03, 2009, The Brookings Institution
California 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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, July 31, 2009, The Brookings Institution
To 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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, July 28, 2009, The Brookings Institution
A 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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, July 25, 2009, The Brookings Institution
The 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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mark Muro, Sarah Rahman and Amy Liu, July 23, 2009, The Brookings Institution
In 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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, July 22, 2009, The Brookings Institution
A 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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, July 19, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Flagstaff 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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, July 16, 2009, The Brookings Institution
This 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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, July 13, 2009, The Brookings Institution
The 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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, July 10, 2009, The Brookings Institution
A new state program would draw on potential stimulus funds to establish a statewide revolving loan fund to accelerate mass-scale building energy efficiency audits and retrofits, and collaboratively expand opportunities for green workforce development and job placement. Read More