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Cities are not the only ones suffering: A look into American Suburbs

The Restoring Prosperity to Ohio initiative is a place-based effort which advocates targeted investment in Ohio's assets in order to fully leverage their economic potential. Some people mistakingly believe that the focus of this initiative is on the city centers. While it is important to reviltalize Ohio's cities, the Restoring Prosperity initiative also realizes that many of Ohio's suburbs are facing similar issues. In order to better understand the problems and opportunities in America's suburbs check out the Newsweek article, The Suburban Challenge, by the Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley of the Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings.