Transportation Drives Growth
Terrific article by Christopher Leinberger in this month’s Atlantic. It’s about the increased consumer demand – in both cities and suburbs – for walkable neighborhoods
Google Economic Impact Report: What Does It Mean For Michigan?
We all know that the internet represents a massive and fundamental shift in the way our economy operates. However, when we talk about what
Does Economic Development Work II
Good series of articles in the Free Press on the state’s 21st Century Jobs fund. Worth reading. The lead article by Katherine Yung is titiled
Lets Grow, Not Shrink, Detroit
Detroit needs a growth agenda. And the rest of us need to support it. There is a clear pattern across the country: the most prosperous
Detroit’s Assets
We spend all of our time bashing the city of Detroit, we forget that it has assets to build from. Three of the most important
The New White Flight?
Real interesting article at Yahoo.com about a new Brookings Institution study. Its title: White flight? Suburbs lose young whites to cities. That it’s even possible that whites
