This document discusses strategies for metropolitan economic development. It provides examples of initiatives in Denver, Portland, and St. Louis that have created regional collaboration, increased exports, and developed innovation districts. These "game changers" fundamentally altered the economic profiles and performance of their metros. The document advocates for creating metropolitan networks and setting a vision to drive growth in areas like human capital, manufacturing, and clean economy jobs.
5. “Something has gone
terribly wrong when the
biggest threat to our
American economy is the
American Congress.”
!
Senator Joe Manchin III
6. A Structural Change to
the Federal Budget
61.6%!mandatory
spending
6.2%!interest
32.1%!discretionary
spending
2015
63.6%!mandatory
spending
13.5%!interest
22.8%!discretionary
spending
2025A Structural Change to
the Federal Budget
INFRASTRUCTURE
HOUSING
EDUCATION
R&D
DEFENSE
8. 75%
GDP
Top 100 Metros
Share of US Totals
Source: Brookings Analysis of BEA, Census Data
66%
population
12%
land area
9. 66%
74%
Metros Concentrate National Assets
Top 100 Metro Share of US Totals
85% 90% 92% 92%
Population Bachelor’s
Degrees
Foreign Born
Population
Advanced
Industry
Employment
Patents Airline
Boardings
20. Innovation
District
In no va tion• ••
Dis trict•
Geographic area where anchor institutions and
companies cluster and connect with small firms,
start-ups, business incubators and accelerators.
Physically compact, transit-accessible, and technically
wired, they offer mixed-use housing, office and retail.
21. Anchor-driven in
midtown/downtown areas
Within or near waterfronts
or other old industrial areas
Innovation District Models
Outside of the city core where
suburban parks are urbanizing
Urbanized Science Park
Anchor Plus
Re-imagined Urban Area
23. St. Louis
CORTEX
FOREST
PARK
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SHRINER’S
HOSPITAL
WASHINGTON
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL
SCHOOL CAMPUS
BJC HEALTHCARE
HOSPITAL CAMPUS
ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY
24. St. Louis
CORTEX
FOREST
PARK
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ST. LOUIS COLLEGE
OF PHARMACY
COFACTOR
GENOMICS
FDA
BJC HEALTHCARE
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
GENOME DATA CENTER
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
GENOMICS INSTITUTE
SOLAE/DUPONT
GOLDFARB SCHOOL
OF NURSING
25. St. Louis
CORTEX
FOREST
PARK
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METROLINK
to Downtown St.
Louis
METROLINK
to Washington
University
FUTURE CORTEX
METRO STATION
(2016)
CORTEX
COMMONS
26. St. Louis
CORTEX
TECHSHOP ST. LOUIS
FOREST
PARK
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@4240
CAMBRIDGE INNOVATION CENTER
CORTEX I
BIOGENERATOR
ACCELERATOR LAB
CENTER FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
BIOGENERATOR
37. Set Your Vision2
PORTLAND
Export Intensity
13%
24%
PortlandUnited States
Clean Economy
27,489clean jobs
DENVER
3.4 4.2
2013 2025 2035
8th
worst traffic
congestion
2.8
Population growth (mil)
.4% sales tax
increase
Coordinated
leadership
Public/Private
Partnerships
FASTRACKS
ST. LOUIS
200acres
$500m
leveraged
capital
10kJobs
(projected)
F
CORTEX
38. Find Your Game Changer3
A significant intervention that fundamentally alters
your economic profile and/or performance.
Game Changer ˈgām ˈchānjər(n)
39. Find Your Game Changer3
ST. LOUIS
Innovation District
!
Realize the potential of
the new geography of
innovation
PORTLAND
Export Plan
!
!
Meet global demand for
sustainable products
DENVER
Regional Collaboration
!
Create light rail
infrastructure to better
integrate region