In a recent project, Geoff Boeing and colleagues worked with international collaborators to analyze urban policies and calculate built environment indicators for 25 cities across six continents to assess walkability and accessibility. brook.gs/3UTuWlk

In a new event, Deputy Secretary Don Graves and two winners from the EDA’s Build Back Better Regional Challenge highlight how the place-based initiatives and policies emerging from the BBBRC are ushering in a new era of national problem-solving. Watch here: brookings.edu/events/the-fut…

In an event, Deputy Secretary Don Graves and two winners from the EDA’s Build Back Better Regional Challenge highlight how the place-based initiatives and policies emerging from the BBBRC are ushering in a new era of national problem-solving. Watch here: brookings.edu/events/the-fut…

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"Of the $1 billion [Build Back Better Regional Challenge], the largest share, $300 million, went to projects and programs that accelerate the development and adoption of technology and innovation to improve local competitiveness." -Assistant Secretary Alejandra Y. Castillo, EDA

What did Brookings Metro write about in our 501,000 published words in 2022? Workers, the economy, innovation, neighborhoods and communities, state and local, (🗝️🪨), and--naturally--Metro! Check out our 2022 word cloud below and all the great words at brookings.edu/metro

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America’s network of research universities is one of its greatest sources of talent, entrepreneurship, and research and development. Joe Parilla and Glencora Haskins explain how these institutions can boost regional economies: brookings.edu/blog/the-avenu…

In a nation plagued by regional economic divides, research universities are a uniquely distributed innovation asset. Over 200 research universities located in all 50 states expend more than $50 million annually on research and development, Glencora Haskins says. brookings.edu/blog/the-avenu…

Excited today for the launch of the latest edition of Brookings Metro 2023 Metro Monitor, our annual (albeit pandemic-delayed) assessment of inclusive growth progress in U.S. metro areas, authored this year by my colleagues Joe Parilla and Glencora Haskins brookings.edu/research/metro… (1/5)

SF and Silicon Valley's economy tumbled during the pandemic, with growth metrics falling dramatically, according to new Brookings Metro report: sfchronicle.com/sf/article/san…

CHIPS isn't just subsidies for semiconductor corps. It's going to very much implicate local and state actors in the nation's new industrial strategy. New from me, Joe Parilla & Martha Ross brookings.edu/blog/the-avenu… Brookings Metro

#NEWS: Secretary Gina Raimondo announced the EDA is awarding a $4M grant to the Fort Mojave Aha Macav Power Service to develop a new source of clean & renewable energy for the Fort Mojave Reservation through the construction of a 2.3 megawatt solar power system. mohavedailynews.com/news/146394/fo…

Where is the $470B in new U.S. private industrial investment flowing? Per my Brookings Metro colleagues Joe Parilla Glencora Haskins it's concentrating in the South, places with moderate employment levels, and Trump-voting counties. brookings.edu/research/spurr…

Counties have spent just a fraction of funds granted by the American Rescue Plan Act. They should take this rare chance to use these funds in new ways to improve equity. epi.org/blog/counties-…

We are pleased to announce the next Brookings president, Cecilia Rouse! Dr. Rouse joins us from Princeton University and previously served in the White House as the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. We look forward to welcoming her in January. brookings.edu/news/brookings…

.Ronald Brownstein analyzes the potential economic, geographic, and political ramifications of the nation's "big build," drawing on analysis from Brookings Metro @glencorah theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

⏰ ⏰ Brookings Metro and Center for Economic Inclusion are launching the Growth Intermediary Practitioner Network and are looking for orgs that are focused on advancing societally beneficial economic change. The deadline for applicants is 6pm ET this Friday, July 14! brook.gs/43p83uE

.Hanna Love & Glencora Haskins’s findings show that across the U.S., most local governments are missing the opportunity to leverage federal funds to invest in community and gun violence intervention. brookings.edu/articles/as-lo…

Something remarkable is happening: Biden's economic agenda is already weakening Trump for 2024, but in ways folks aren't appreciating. Guess which two states are seeing an explosion of investments in new manufacturing right now? Georgia and Arizona. 1/ washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…