[CPEO-BIF] New report on revitalizing older industrial cities

["Hersh, Robert" <hersh@WPI.EDU>]

>From The Brookings Institution
May 22, 2007               

New Report:  Restoring Prosperity The State Role in Revitalizing America's
Older Industrial Cities              

With over 16 million people and nearly 8.6 million jobs, America's
older industrial cities remain a vital-if undervalued-part of the
economy, particularly in states where they are heavily concentrated,
such as Ohio and Pennsylvania. They also have a range of other
physical, economic, and cultural assets that, if fully leveraged, can
serve as a platform for their renewal.

This report aims to mobilize governors and legislative leaders, as
well as local constituencies, behind an asset-oriented agenda for
reinvigorating the market in the nation's older industrial cities. The
report begins with identifications and descriptions of these
cities-and the economic, demographic, and policy "drivers" behind
their current condition-then makes a case for why the moment is ripe
for advancing urban reform, and offers a five-part agenda and
organizing plan to achieve it.

To download a copy of the report, see:
http://www3.brookings.edu/metro/pubs/20070520_oic.pdf

                         
Bob Hersh
CPEO

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