JUNE 12, 2008 — To unleash greater local and national prosperity U.S. metropolitan leaders need to be better equipped to deal with today’s increasingly dynamic economic, social, and environmental realities. To that end, this report calls for a new federal-state-metro partnership that provides metropolitan actors the support, capacity, tools, and discretion they need to resolve key challenges; grow in more productive, inclusive, and sustainable ways; and, ultimately, to maximize America’s overall prosperity.

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