Welcome to Citiwire.net! A few smart regions–but clearly as exceptions–have forged smart metro-wide strategies to respond to the multiple funding flows of the Obama’s administration’s Recovery Act. But many more haven’t, remain trapped in a flow of unrelated program funding flows. My column focuses on a recent Brookings report on the record for America’s metros (beyond jobs alone) of the Recovery Act after six months. … Meanwhile Citistates Group Associate Gail Christopher probes at the rarely mentioned elephant in the room of health care reform debate–major health disparties suffered by Americans of color, a segment destined to grow rapidly as a segment of our national population. … And a summertime note: Citiwire will take next week off, returning with columns for September 6 release.
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