Greening the Rustbelt: Protecting the environment can restore cities

A look at how in a Rustbelt city community leaders came to understand the role of environmental sustainability in economic development.

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“We can’t go back to the manufacturing town that we used to be. We need to attract a more creative class of people, and CEED’s vision of a town built upon principles of sustainability makes a lot of sense to me. It’s the only way we can compete with more progressive cities around the country. We have to sell quality of life.”

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