Sifan Liu

Bartender Nicole DeVito restocks the outdoor bar at Farmers Fishers Bakers, a restaurant on the Georgetown Waterfront in Washington, D.C., on May 29, 2020 amid the Coronavirus pandemic. After shifting metrics for reopening in recent weeks, today the District of Columbia began the first stage of economic reopening allowing restaurants and other business to operate in limited capacity despite the COVID-19 outbreak. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

New data shows small businesses in communities of color had unequal access to federal COVID-19 relief

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

Thursday, September 17, 2020

Tech professional

An Atlanta organization’s mission to bring racial equity to the tech ecosystem

Reniya Dinkins, Sifan Liu, Rodney Sampson, and Justin Sampson

July 23, 2020

HR Training

An evidence-based selection process for equitable hiring in West Michigan

Reniya Dinkins, Gabriel Morrison, and Sifan Liu

July 23, 2020

Economy

How COVID-19 will change the nation’s long-term economic trends, according to Brookings Metro scholars

Mark Muro, Tracy Hadden Loh, Martha Ross, Jenny Schuetz, Annelies Goger, Nicole Bateman, William H. Frey, Joseph Parilla, Sifan Liu, and Adie Tomer

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Workers make face masks at the Portland Garment Factory in Portland, Ore., on April 1, 2020. The company's owner, Britt Howard, made the decision to shift the focus of the business to fill the demand for personal protective equipment, and the studio is now producing 5,000 face masks per week with eight full-time employees. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Businesses owned by women and minorities have grown. Will COVID-19 undo that?

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

An artist works on a boarded up River Pig Saloon in Portland, Ore., on March 24, 2020. Yesterday Governor Kate Brown issued a statewide executive order to stay home except for essential needs as more extreme social distancing measures aim to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and flatten the curve. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

How local leaders can stave off a small business collapse from COVID-19

Joseph Parilla, Sifan Liu, and Brad Whitehead

Friday, April 3, 2020

Banner

How startups help cities measure their economic development frontier

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

October 24, 2019

Talent development

Talent-driven economic development: A new vision and agenda for regional and state economies

Joseph Parilla and Sifan Liu

October 15, 2019

Kickstarter

Hidden entrepreneurs: What crowdfunding reveals about startups in metro America

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Cover image for global metro monitor

Global Metro Monitor 2018

Max Bouchet, Sifan Liu, Joseph Parilla, and Nader Kabbani

June, 2018