Talent Dividend Tour

CEOs for Cities with support from the Lumina Foundation and DeVry Inc., is traveling the U.S. to 30 cities to talk with urban leaders about the Talent Dividend, a calculation of the potential gains cities and regions could realize if they increased college attainment rates by just one percentage point. If you add up the dividends for each of the top 51 metros, the U.S. would see a $124 billion Talent Dividend.

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Value of Public Space

November 4, 2009

Posted by: Rebecca

Our colleague Rob Forbes, founder of Design within Reach and at work on an exciting new urban project, tells The New York Times why parks and public space matter.   Read the article here.

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Talent Dividend Tour Update No. 3

October 27, 2009

CEOs for Cities national Talent Dividend Tour has traveled to 22 cities since its kick off in Memphis on March 31.  The latest update includes a note from CEOs for Cities President and CEO Carol Coletta on the need to speed the change needed to achieve the Talent Dividend and includes links to download the presentations from our Urban Leaders Summit Talent Dividend meeting as well as links to recent media related to the Talent Dividend.

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