A Washington DC institute says states are not using the appeal of older cities to help them draw residential development, commercial enterprise, and tourism to those urban centers. A study by the Brookings Institution says states need to help with tax financing, revitalization, and neighborhood improvements.
According to excerpts from the article:
Pennsylvania and other states are coming up short in help to their struggling cities, according to a new report which suggests urban areas are ripe to take advantage of any aid.
The study released today by The Brookings Institution, a Washington, D.C., research center that often focuses on urban policy, said Rust Belt states are failing to take advantage of their older cities' potential to draw residential and economic development.
Such Northeast-Midwest cities usually have the kind of waterfronts, public transit, walkable streets, historic architecture and educational, medical and cultural centers increasingly desired by both young and old residents, the report noted.
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