04.28.08 | Chicago
Driven to the Brink
A new analysis shows that high gas prices are not only implicated in the bursting of the housing bubble, but that the higher cost of commuting has already re-shaped the landscape of real estate value between cities and suburbs. Housing values are falling fastest in distant suburban and exurban neighborhoods where affordability depended directly on cheap gas.
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07.16.07 | Chicago
Portland Proves Being Green Pays
With less time and money spent commuting, the greening of Portland is paying off in big ways that other cities can learn from, according to a cost analysis of the city’s environmental, land use and urban development strategies titled “Portland’s Green Dividend.”
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03.16.07 | Chicago
Portal Neighborhoods
With a projected population increase of 130 million over the next four decades, largely fueled by immigration, urban leaders had better pay attention to a newly classified neighborhood, “Portal Neighborhoods,” as an important tool for integration and economic opportunity, according to a newly released report.
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10.03.06 | Chicago
CityVitals: The Formula for Urban Success
Urban leaders seeking success in the new economy should stop paying attention to ubiquitous city rankings and start focusing their attentions on four dimensions of success: talent, innovation, connections and distinctiveness, according to a new report released today.
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06.09.06 | Chicago
College-Educated, Young Adults Consider “Place” First
Two-thirds of highly mobile 25- to 34-year-olds with college degrees say that they will decide where they live first, then look for a job, according to a new survey commissioned by CEOs for Cities and conducted by The Segmentation Company, a division of marketing consultancy Yankelovich Inc. The survey marks the first time that the preferences of this highly coveted group have been quantified.
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12.08.05 | Chicago
Young, Educated Women Key to U.S. Economic Growth
Cities that attract college educated 25 to 34 year-olds will soar in the next decade while other urban areas will suffer, according to a study released by CEOs for Cities, a national non-partisan organization of mayors, corporate CEOs, university presidents, foundation officials and civic leaders. And for the first time ever, women are the prime target.
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05.03.05 | Chicago
CEOs for Cities Taps Carol Coletta as President & CEO
CEOs for Cities, the nation's only organization that unites urban mayors, corporate CEOs and leaders of foundations and universities around a 'competitive cities' agenda, has tapped nationally renowned urban policy advisor Carol Coletta as its new President and CEO.
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