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Author: Sarah Szurpicki

This author has written 77 articles
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The Economic Well-being Of Michiganders Is Getting Worse: Part 2

The economic well-being of Michiganders is getting worse: Part 2

  • April 4, 2019
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Shared Prosperity
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When broad economic prosperity is your goal--when you want to see all households growing in income and financial stability--what you measure really matters. Michigan Future has put together a very clear set of up-to-date data that paint the picture of…

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The Economic Well-being Of Michiganders Is Getting Worse: Part 1

The economic well-being of Michiganders is getting worse: Part 1

  • April 2, 2019
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Feature, Shared Prosperity
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At Michigan Future, our goal is prosperity for all Michigan families. That doesn't mean just a high GDP or low unemployment. We all know there are plenty of jobs that don't pay well, and plenty of people working multiple jobs…

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What Should Detroit High Schools Be Doing Differently? We Asked Some Of Their Alumni

What should Detroit high schools be doing differently? We asked some of their alumni

  • February 25, 2019
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Talent
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High schools that understand their mission to be the preparation of students who can be successful in any environment they choose after leaving high school--especially in pursuit of a college degree--also understand that they need data on how their alumni…

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Transportation Is The Most Important Placemaking Public Investment

Transportation is the most important placemaking public investment

  • December 21, 2018
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Place Making, Public Investment
  • 0 Comments

We finish our new report, “A path to good-paying careers for all Michiganders: Creating places across Michigan where people want to live and work,” and this blog series, with a deep dive into transportation. Transportation is at the epicenter of…

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Michigan Needs To Invest In World-class 21st Century Infrastructure

Michigan needs to invest in world-class 21st century infrastructure

  • December 19, 2018
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Place Making, Public Investment
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As the tragedy of Flint reminded us all, up to date infrastructure is an essential ingredient to livable communities. Transportation, water, energy and digital communications systems need to be world class for Michigan communities to compete for talent. Our new…

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We Need State Regulation That Allows Regional And Local Control And Enables High-density Development

We need state regulation that allows regional and local control and enables high-density development

  • December 14, 2018
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Place Making
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Just as talent––the asset that matters most to future economic growth––comes in all human varieties, talented people are looking for a wide variety of quality of place features in where they want to live and work. Probably most importantly, some…

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Why Being “welcoming To All” Is A Key Part Of Placemaking

Why being “welcoming to all” is a key part of placemaking

  • December 12, 2018
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Place Making
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The state must do its part to ensure that no talented workers are turned off and turned away by Michigan’s communities. That means a legal framework that prohibits all forms of discrimination, and access to the resources necessary for social…

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Why Placemaking Is Critical For Michigan’s Prosperity

Why placemaking is critical for Michigan’s prosperity

  • December 10, 2018
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Place Making, Talent
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Over two decades of research has taught us one fundamental lesson: Talent = economic growth. The key to retaining and attracting talent is creating places where people want to live, work and play. Then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg got…

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Where Do Kids Learn The Most Critical 21st Century Skills?

Where do kids learn the most critical 21st century skills?

  • May 2, 2018
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Talent
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Last week a friend forwarded me an article from Slate about the students at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School who have emerged as new leaders of a pro-gun control movement. I had remarked that I was struck by their poise,…

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Homelessness And Michigan’s Children

Homelessness and Michigan’s Children

  • April 18, 2018
  • Sarah Szurpicki
  • Blog, Shared Prosperity
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Last week I heard a sad but important interview with Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer prize-winning author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City and now founder of The Eviction Lab, an effort to compile and analyze eviction data nationally.…

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