Bruce Katz, Vice-President of the Brookings Institution, and John Austin, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, briefed House and Senate staff members invited by the Great Lakes Congressional Caucus Leadership, on the federal policy implications emerging from the Great Lakes Economic Initiative, and the Vital Center Report.
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Commentary
The Vital Center: A Federal-State Compact to Renew the Great Lakes Region
March 5, 2007