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July

22
2008

11:15 am EDT - 2:30 pm EDT

Past Event

Mountain Megas: America’s Newest Metropolitan Places

  • Tuesday, July 22, 2008

    11:15 am - 2:30 pm EDT

Denver, Colorado
Law Offices of Moye and White, 6th Floor

1400 16th Street
Denver, Colorado

A Brookings and Metropolitan Policy Program forum in Denver highlighted opportunities created by the emerging metropolitan areas in the Intermountain West region.

America’s Intermountain West is experiencing some of the highest rates of population growth and economic/demographic change in the country. The region—consisting of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah—has grown nearly three times faster than the United States as a whole over the past two decades, led by triple-digit population growth in Nevada. In short, the Intermountain region is becoming the new American Heartland as more and more people move to the area, making its economy, people, and politics more and more central to the nation.

On Tuesday, July 22, the authors of a new report, “Mountain Megas: America’s Newest Metropolitan Places and a Federal Partnership to Help Them Prosper” held a forum in Denver to discuss their findings. Opening remarks were made by Utah Governor Jon Huntsman and Colorado Governor Bill Ritter. The presentation was followed by a question-and-answer session with regional leaders.
 

Agenda

  • July 22
    • Welcome

      TC
      Tom Clark Chief Executive Officer - Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation
      John Hickenlooper na Governor of Colorado
    • Opening Remarks

      Jon Huntsman Jr. U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China
      BR
      The Honorable Bill Ritter, Jr. Former Governor of Colorado
    • Presentation

      Bruce Katz Founding Director of the Nowak Metro Finance Lab - Drexel University
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      Robert E. Lang Former Brookings Expert
    • Response

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      Scott Smith Chief Executive Officer - Valley Metro, Former Nonresident Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program, Former Mayor - City of Mesa
      DA
      Deanna Archuleta Commissioner, Bernalillo County, NM
      TC
      Tom Clark Chief Executive Officer - Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation
      JS
      Jacob Snow General Manager, Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
      AM
      Alan Matheson Executive Director, Envision Utah