Cities and Economic Growth

Paul Grogan, co-author of "Comeback Cities" has formed "CEOs For Cities", a group to focus attention on cities and how the affect economic growth.

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April 27, 2001, 9:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The decline of the nation's major industrial cities over the past half- century was so precipitous and so devastating it fostered the idea that they were, for the most part, useless ? unworthy of any significant investment.But that view is changing as cities continue to improve and their increasing economic significance becomes more widely recognized."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Championing Cities

Thursday, April 26, 2001 in The New York Times

Community / Economic Development United States

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