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Report from the Summit on American Prosperity
Larry Martin | Wed, Jun 25th, 2008 | Category: Events | Tags: news, transportation, building, economics, events, larry martin, website, brookings, summit, metropolitan policy program, summit on american prosperity | 0
Over 900 attendees from 32 states attended the Summit for American Prosperity where policies were discussed and a network of cities formed. The agenda was the centrality of American cities as engines for economic prosperity.
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A New National Approach
Mike Muller | Fri, Nov 9th, 2007 | Category: Report | Tags: mike muller, brookings institute, metropolitan policy program, bruce katz, metronation | 0
Metro areas catalyze America’s growth, but a lack of federal policy has lead to serious challenges in these regions. What can be done?
Ideas, wealth, and people are not restricted by the political boundaries defined by cities and states, and so neither should government policy, proclaimed Bruce Katz, director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution. In fact, metropolitan regions —areas of interdependent cities and suburbs that cross numerous political…
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