The Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program has examined 376 U.S. cities and characterized 80 of them as “older industrial cities,” based on their substandard performance on a number of economic indicators, including employment growth, number of new business establishments, poverty […]
Archive for May, 2007
Old Cities, New Potential?
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007New Sewer Rules, New Hope for Smart Growth?
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007NJ Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Lisa Jackson celebrated Earth Day by announcing a new regulatory regime to govern the extension of wastewater infrastructure in New Jersey. This huge new rule—all 464 pages of it—will be published in the NJ […]