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CIAO DATE: 5/5/2007
Committing to Prosperity: Moving Forward on the Agenda to Renew Pennsylvania
March 2007
Abstract
Pennsylvania is at once the same and different, three years after the release of the 2003 Brookings Institution report “Back to Prosperity,” which proposed a new vision for how Pennsylvania might revitalize its cities, towns, and regions in order to compete more energetically in today’s global economy.
The key challenges identified in the first report— slow growth, “hollowing” metropolitan and rural areas, and economic struggles—still persist.
And yet, much has changed in the last three years. Since 2003, the Rendell administration, some members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and many local leaders have made substantial progress in ensuring that the state thinks and acts more strategically in its pursuit of prosperity and a great quality of life.
