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Big Cities Are Where Today’s College Students Want To Live

Big cities are where today’s college students want to live

  • March 29, 2022
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Place Making
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Conventional wisdom has it that big cities are dead. This time the cause of their predicted demise is the pandemic. It is widely believed that since you can now work from home combined with a long-lasting fear of crowded places…

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Get Younger And Better Educated Or Get Poorer

Get younger and better educated or get poorer

  • December 14, 2021
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Place Making
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For years we ended our presentations with a slide that said Michigan must get younger and better educated or we will get poorer. Where younger meant a place where Michigan was retaining those who grew up here and attracting mobile…

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Led By New York, Big Cities Had A Great Decade

Led by New York, big cities had a great decade

  • September 9, 2021
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Place Making
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The 2010s were a great decade for America's big cities. The 2020 Census found that each of the top 25 cities in the country gained population. 14 of them had population growth of more than 100,000. New York City led…

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Minnesota Led The Great Lakes In Population Growth

Minnesota led the Great Lakes in population growth

  • September 2, 2021
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Place Making
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More than a decade ago we asked if the state's economic development strategy worked, what state would you want Michigan to look like? Our answer was Minnesota. At the time the most prosperous state in the Great Lakes. And cold…

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Placemaking And Equity: The Atlanta BeltLine

Placemaking and equity: the Atlanta BeltLine

  • February 2, 2021
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Place Making
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The Atlanta BeltLine is explicitly deigned to both improve the quality of life of current city residents and to attract new residents to the city, particularly mobile young professionals. This dual purpose is how placemaking should be done everywhere. The…

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Placemaking Is Essential To Winning In The 21st Century

Placemaking is essential to winning in the 21st Century

  • January 19, 2021
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Place Making
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This post is about what good-paying jobs focused economic development should look like. About what it takes to grow, retain and attract high-wage jobs. It draws lessons Michigan can learn about winning in the 21st Century from our posts on…

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Winning In The 21st Century: Denver

Winning in the 21st Century: Denver

  • January 5, 2021
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Place Making
  • 2 Comments

One can make a strong argument that Denver is the American region that has understood best the new reality that talent attracts capital. And because it has Denver is one of the regions best positioned to win economically in the…

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It’s Time To Invest On Main Street

It’s time to invest on Main Street

  • December 22, 2020
  • Ned Staebler
  • Blog, Feature, Place Making
  • 2 Comments

Today we're pleased to feature a guest post from Ned Staebler, the Vice President for Economic Development at Wayne State University and the President and CEO of TechTown, Detroit’s most established business incubator and accelerator. I’ve been an economic developer…

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Integrating Immigrant Contributions To The Economy Can Help Raise Incomes For All

Integrating immigrant contributions to the economy can help raise incomes for all

  • December 8, 2020
  • Steve Tobocman
  • Blog, Place Making
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Today we are delighted to feature a guest post from Global Detroit's Executive Director, Steve Tobocman. He's reflecting on the progress Michigan has made over the last decade in welcoming and integrating immigrants into our economy--for the benefit of all…

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Winning In The 21st Century: Austin

Winning in the 21st Century: Austin

  • November 24, 2020
  • Lou Glazer
  • Blog, Place Making
  • 0 Comments

Austin Texas voters just voted to raise property taxes to pay for the operations and maintenance of Project Connect, a high-capacity $7.1 billion transit system expansion. Project Connect is highlighted by a new light rail system with 27 miles of…

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