Awakening U.S. Metro Regions

Boston's effort to address global economic competition and environmental issues may be a model for metro regions around the country. Neal Peirce provides an update on the Boston Indicators Project.

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July 11, 2007, 2:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Far too many of America's metro regions have been sleepwalking into the 21st century, only mistily aware of how severely global economic competition and climate change may hit them. Or if aware, so splintered politically they're dangerously slow to respond. Boston is trying to avoid that trap."

FULL STORY: Getting U.S. Regions Past Sleepwalking

Sunday, July 1, 2007 in The Washington Post Writers Group

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