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Brookings Institution Tracking Recovery in the Great Lakes Region

Brookings Institution has a useful series on how the major metropolitan areas in the US are responding to economic changes that signal the ending of the current deep recession.  As part of this series, the Brookings Metropolitan Policy program is keeping track of the Great Lakes major metro areas and also the Mountain areas.  For a summary of the findings on the Great Lakes metros, go here. The entire report can be downloaded as a PDFf at the same website.

Geographic Inequities in Philanthropy

Foundations and the philanthropic community are huge assets across the U.S. Or, is that the case? Senator Max Baucus, Chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, is raising concerns and questions about the lack of attention given to the nation's rural areas. As part of his campaign he is hosting a conference in August to create a "21st-century agenda for philanthropy and rural America in areas such as health care, education, the environment, and economic development." For more info see http://www.nrfc.org/