RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Robert E. Lang, Amy Liu and Mark Muro, April 07, 2009, Colorado College State of the Rockies Symposium
This year's State of the Rockies Symposium at Colorado College focuses on megapolitan areas—combinations of two or more regions into a single economic, social, and urban system. Amy Liu and Mark Muro of the Metro Program, and Robert Lang of Virginia Tech, delivered keynote addresses on how the Pike’s Peak region can leverage the federal role to help it better connect to Denver and the rest of the Front Range “mega" and boost its prosperity. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Elizabeth Kneebone, April 06, 2009, The Brookings Institution
The continued decentralization of employment has implications for the future of the nation’s vital economic engines. A new Brookings report analyzes “job sprawl” trends in 98 of the largest metro areas across the country and finds that job share shifted away from the urban core in almost every major American metro area. Larger metros like Detroit, Chicago and Dallas locate half of all jobs more than 10 miles away from the city center. 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
Bruce Katz and Lavea Brachman, October 19, 2008, The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Bruce Katz and Metro partner Lavea Brachman co-authored an op-ed appearing in the Cleveland Plain-Dealer stemming from the success of the “Ohio Summit” this past September. In it, the two explain the need for a change in the discourse about the national economy. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Larry Ledebur and Jill Taylor, September 17, 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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Edward Bennett and Carolyn Gatz, September 17, 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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
David Eichenthal and Tracy Windeknecht, September 17, 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
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.
PAST EVENT
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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Robert Puentes, August 26, 2008, The Brookings Institution
Robert Puentes presents the presidential candidates' positions on transportation issues, including federal transportation financing, telecommuting and public transit. This chart is part of a series of issue indices to be published during the 2008 presidential election cycle. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Christopher B. Leinberger and Kojo Nnamdi , January 09, 2008, The Kojo Nnamdi Show (WAMU)
Chris Leinberger discusses walkable urbanism, and how the desire for more walkable urban spaces is changing the housing market in America's cities as people seek alternatives to driving.
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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ruy Teixeira, January 08, 2008, The Brookings Institution
A key contributor to political polarization in the U.S. frequently overlooked is the demographic and geographic changes in the electorate that have altered the sizes of different population groups and even shifted their political orientations over time. Brookings Ruy Teixeira examines the new wave of demographic and geographic changes currently washing over the U.S. and their profound effects on future politics. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Christopher B. Leinberger and Nicole Lapin, December 05, 2007, CNN
Chris Leinberger discusses his book about the most walkable urban and metro areas in the United States with Nicole Lapin from CNN. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bruce Katz, July 23, 2007, The Washington Post
Bruce Katz argues in the Washington Post that the national capital region is an avatar of the metropolitan trends reshaping the nation, trends which require a federal response if the nation is to grow in economically robust, sustainable, and inclusiv Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Bruce Katz and Jennifer S. Vey, June 29, 2007, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH)
A Brookings study of 302 cities and found Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton, Mansfield, Springfield, Warren and Youngstown among 65 cities that are underperforming compared to their peers nationwide. Most of these cities—and their metropolitan areas—are struggling to make a successful transition from an economy based on routine manufacturing to one based on more knowledge-oriented activities. Read More