Urban Policy
Current Projects
In February 2013, The American Assembly released Revitalizing the Legacy
Cities of Upstate New York—a report documenting revitalization strategies
for upstate cities, based on a recent Assembly-sponsored meeting of urban
policy and economic development experts. The report emphasizes several ...
Many American cities have rebounded from their nadir a decade or two ago with
healthier downtowns, neighborhoods and local economies. However, other cities
with rich historical heritages and valuable resources for this nation’s
future are experiencing severe population loss. This American A...
"Retooling for Growth: Building a 21st Century Economy in America's Older
Industrial Areas" investigated and reported on emerging economic development
strategies for weak market cities such as Detroit, Milwaukee, Oakland, St.
Louis, and Baltimore as they seek to find their place in the changin...
Past Projects
Rebuilding America's Legacy Cities: New Directions for the Industrial
Heartland is available for free chapter downloads below or hardcopy at
hardcopy available Amazon.com [1].
While we may not yet know enough to offer a road map to create
the smaller, healthier city we can imagine, we c...
At the end of the twentieth century, one system defines the global economy --
capitalism. In many of America's urban areas, capitalism is the great
unrealized ideal. This 1997 Assembly asserted that national corporations and
local entrepreneurs have an unprecedented opportunity to create marke...
Building on its 1993 project, "Interwoven Destinies," The American Assembly
gathered experts to identify approaches needed to increase entrepreneurship
and investment in areas of need. Participants also produced a report with
the aim of identifying a private-sector led set of initiatives to ...
Publications
This 1997 American Assembly issued a report urging business leaders to
reinvest in urban areas in the United States, with support from nonprofits,
community members, and government officials. The report called for improved
access to capital (especially through equity investment) and set out ...
Slow job growth, declining home values, a diminishing tax base, and
concentrated poverty are but a few of the growing obstacles for
well-established but struggling cities. Challenged by decades of
globalization, technological change, and dramatic demographic shifts away
from the urban core, ...
Recommendations included using market-driven development strategies to focus
on stronger neighborhoods while more economically challenged areas are
employed for interim uses that require lower public investment. Land banks
and supportive partnerships among federal, state, and local governme...
The first of several influential urban policy Assemblies, this 1993 American
Assembly highlighted American cities' increased reliance on the
information and service economies and stressed the value of human capital
along with investment in education and basic health care.
...
In this volume, former HUD Secretary Henry G. Cisneros brings together urban
experts to explore strategies for rejuvenating America's cities. A wide
range of contributors, from Eli Ginzberg and Elliott Sclar to Robert H.
McNulty, survey the most challenging urban policy issues, from citi...
Building on its 1993 project, "Interwoven Destinies," The American Assembly
gathered experts in 1995 to identify approaches needed to increase
entrepreneurship and investment in areas of need. Participants produced a
report with the aim of identifying a private-sector led set of initiatives ...
Rebuilding America's Legacy Cities: New Directions for the Industrial
Heartland, features chapters by thirteen national and international urban
policy specialists and is a much needed addition to the land use and urban
policy discussion.
"Legacy cities" offer both resources for and impose bur...
Please find all chapter pdf's on this page [1].
[1] http://americanassembly.org/project/rebuilding-americas-legacy-cities-new-directions-industrial-heartland
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Following an Assembly of over one hundred urban policy and economic
development experts from throughout the state, The American Assembly and
co-sponsors released Revitalizing the Legacy Cities of Upstate New York,
which praised partnerships with major anchor institutions and advocated
aligni...
