On October 13, 2010, Governor Jennifer Granholm (D-Mich.) joined former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin, Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin, New York City Deputy Mayor Steve Goldsmith, and other experts in a Hamilton Project forum focused on policy solutions for renewing American communities.
The Hamilton Project released a strategy paper and three new proposals that provide a range of options for helping communities and workers recover from recent economic shocks. Following the presentation of papers, Hamilton Project Director and Brookings Senior Fellow Michael Greenstone moderated a discussion among the authors and Bruce Katz, Vice President and Director of the Metropolitan Studies Program at Brookings. A panel of corporate and community leaders provided their perspectives on the tools necessary for recovery, and Governor Granholm closed the event with keynote remarks.
Agenda
Welcome
Roger C. Altman
Founder and Chairman, Evercore Partners
Panel Discussion: Possible Solutions for Growth and Regeneration
Timothy J. Bartik
Senior Economist, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Bruce Katz
Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program
Jens Ludwig
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution
McCormick Foundation Professor of Social Service Administration, Law, and Public Policy,
The Harris School, The Univesity of Chicago
Daniel Sullivan
Executive Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Moderator: Michael Greenstone
Director, The Hamilton Project
Panel Discussion: Perspectives from the Front Lines of American Communities
The Honorable Steve Goldsmith
Deputy Mayor, New York City
Former Mayor, Indianapolis
Joel Mastervich
President and COO, V&M Star
Michael Rubinger
President & CEO, Local Initiatives Support Corporation
The Honorable Ashley Swearengin
Mayor, Fresno
Moderator: Robert E. Rubin
Co-Chair, Council on Foreign Relations
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary
Keynote Remarks
The Honorable Jennifer Granholm (D-Mich.)
Governor of Michigan
