Placemaking is essential to winning in the 21st Century
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
January 19, 2021
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
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
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
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
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
Michigan Future’s core work, since our founding nearly three decades ago, has been laying out how Michigan could once again be a high-prosperity state––a place
In two recent posts (here and here) we have explored why the demise of big cities due to the pandemic is unlikely to happen. That
As we explored in my last post from the beginning of our republic there has been predictions of the coming demise of high-density big cities.
David Oshinsky in his book Bellevue quotes Thomas Jefferson’s reaction to the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, then the nation’s capitol: By November the
In preparing presentations about our placemaking recommendations what has struck me is that the key message can be summed up in three words: talent attracts
May 21, 2026
May 19, 2026