GLIN==> Great Lakes Auto-impacted Communities: Local innovations - Federal Assistance

Friends,

Over 300 Great Lakes business, labor, political, environmental, civic  
and philanthropic leaders attended a May 18th Washington Summit: Auto  
Communities and the Next Economy: Partnerships in Innovation,  
co-sponsored by the White House Council on Auto Communities and  
Workers, the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program, the  
United States Department of Labor, and the Funders' Network for Smart  
Growth and Livable Communities.

To learn more about the summit, access remarks, announcements, and  
presentations by speakers including White House National Economic  
Council Director Larry Summers, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis,  
Brookings Bruce Katz, Ford Foundation CEO Luis Ubinas, and Great Lakes  
Members of Congress see:

www.brookings.edu/events/2010/0518_auto_summit.aspx.

Also check the Brookings Great Lakes Economic Initiative Website:   
www.brookings.edu/projects/great-lakes.aspx

and the Brookings/New Republic blog:
www.tnr.com/blogs/the-avenue

for current research and  commentary on economic issues impacting the  
Great Lakes region.

-- 
John Austin, Vice President, Michigan State Board of Education
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Co-Director Great Lakes Economic Initiative
University of Michigan Institute for Research on Labor, Employment,  
and the Economy (IRLEE)
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