RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bruce Katz, September 22, 2009, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh's "new economy" may be the key reason for the city's star turn as host of the September 2009 G-20 summit. But Bruce Katz argues that the seemingly abstract, big-picture decisions made at the gathering have big implications for Pittsburgh’s “next economy” and for metropolitan areas across the nation. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, July 07, 2009, The Brookings Institution
A new regional entity is coordinating five counties in a joint application for competitive Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grants that calls for new retrofit loan financing, a technology deployment fund, technical assistance to local governments around energy efficiency plans, and energy performance measurement of public buildings. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Audrey Singer, David Park, Michael Katz and Domenic Vitiello, November 13, 2008, The Brookings Institution
Immigration to metropolitan Philadelphia has been rising recently after several stagnant decades. This paper examines recent trends in immigration to the region with attention to the varied immigrant groups, the opportunities they bring, and the challenges for policymakers, service providers, and communities across the area. The report argues for the development of a Regional Council on Immigration to best address the needs of the area’s newcomers. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Frank S. Alexander, October 28, 2008, The Brookings Institution
A new Blueprint paper argues that the rising number of vacant and abandoned properties around the nation requires a more robust drive by the federal government to aid states and localities in land banking. The author, Frank Alexander of Emory University, recommends that federal policy should 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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William A. Galston, April 23, 2008, The Brookings Institution
In the Pennsylvania primary, Hillary Clinton won an overwhelming victory, writes senior fellow William Galston. These results have quieted calls for her to leave the race and will probably slow the steady flow of superdelegates to Obama. Nonetheless, her path to the nomination remains steep. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William H. Frey and Ruy Teixeira, April 15, 2008, The Brookings Institution
In the first in a series of reports on the demographic and political dynamics under way in 10 “battleground” states that will be crucial in deciding the 2008 election, the authors examine the political geography of Pennsylvania to explore whether the state will become more Democratic, remain closely divided or even go Republican for the first time in five elections. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Sherry Linkon, Reihan Salam and Ruy Teixeira, April 14, 2008, NPR Talk of the Nation
Visiting Fellow Ruy Teixeira and experts appear on NPR's Talk of the Nation to discuss the Pennsylvania primary and the working-class vote. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bruce Katz, Amy Liu and Steve Wray, April 14, 2008, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Bruce Katz and his colleagues in a recent opinion piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer urge the federal government to organize their current fragmented investments in transportation and innovation and targeting them where they will provide the greatest return, metropolitan America. Read More
VIDEO
Amy Liu, April 01, 2008
Pennsylvania’s 16 metropolitan areas have great economic potential. Amy Liu explains tha an effort has to be made to build upon those assets for the future of the Keystone state and the nation as a whole.
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bruce Katz and Amy Liu, March 31, 2008, The Brookings Institution
In Pennsylvania, the next major presidential primary state, concerns about the economy loom large. A true federal economic agenda for the Commonwealth must empower state and local innovators to leverage the core assets of the nation's economy--innovation, infrastructure, human capital and quality places--where those assets are located: Pennsylvania’s many small and large metropolitan areas. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Christopher B. Leinberger, February 20, 2008, Philadelphia Daily News
Chris Leinberger comments that the Philidelphia metro area will no doubt see its "Walk Score" number grow, and ultimately become a major concentration of walkable urban places. 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
Bruce Katz and Jennifer S. Vey, May 27, 2007, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
State governments must get more involved and provide more support to revitalize cities like Pittsburgh Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bruce Katz, May 18, 2007, The Congress for the New Urbanism
Like many Midwestern states, Pennsylvania is transitioning slowly from an industrial past to a knowledge economy. As it does so, the state's development patterns—slow growth, fast sprawl, struggling cities and older suburbs—undermines the state's competitive future. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Amy Liu, Mark Muro and Rebecca Sohmer, April 08, 2007, The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, PA)
The authors argue that the same trends of slow growth, "hollowing" metropolitan and rural areas and deindustrialization that have gripped Pennsylvania for decades still do today and require urgent, possibly radical responses. Read More