Metro regions vital to Michigan’s economic success
With 80+ percent of our population, employment base and economic output centered around metro areas, Business Leaders for Michigan (in conjunction with the Brookings Institution and Public Sector Consultants) have outlined a strategy for economic revitalization that highlights the importants of vibrant urban areas. Excerpt: "This state is a metro state," Bruce Katz, Brookings vice president and director of the Metropolitan Policy Program, told the Free Press editorial board Thursday after speaking earlier to the Detroit Economic Club. "Michigan had the second-strongest recovery in the nation, largely thanks to the power of its metropolitan areas in innovation, manufacturing and exports." Read the rest here.
With 80+ percent of our population, employment base and economic output centered around metro areas, Business Leaders for Michigan (in conjunction with the Brookings Institution and Public Sector Consultants) have outlined a strategy for economic revitalization that highlights the importants of vibrant urban areas.
Excerpt:
“This state is a metro state,” Bruce Katz, Brookings vice president and director of the Metropolitan Policy Program, told the Free Press editorial board Thursday after speaking earlier to the Detroit Economic Club.
“Michigan had the second-strongest recovery in the nation, largely thanks to the power of its metropolitan areas in innovation, manufacturing and exports.”
Read the rest here.
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