Hearing on Targeted Policies to Expand Local Economic Opportunities for Underserved Communities
Date:
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 - 12:00pm
Location:
2167 Rayburn House Office Building
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday May 11, 2022, at 12pm ET, the U.S. House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth – Chaired by Rep. Jim Himes (CT-04) – hosted a hearing, “Bringing Prosperity to Left-Behind Communities: Using Targeted Place-based Development to Expand Economic Opportunity.” Select Committee Members and policy experts had an opportunity to examine how wealth disparities in local economies have increased – including in rural towns, industrial centers and urban neighborhoods– and how targeted, place-based initiatives can restore local economies and bring jobs to economically vulnerable regions.
WHO:
- Chairman Jim Himes (CT-04)
- Ranking Member Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01)
- Select Committee Members
- Dr. Tim Bartik, Senior Economist, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Co-Director, Upjohn Institute’s “Place-Based” Research Initiative (Written Statement)
- Mr. Jay Williams, President and CEO of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, former Assistant Secretary of the US Economic Development Administration, former Mayor of Youngstown, Ohio (Written Statement)
- Dr. Tracy Hadden Loh, Fellow, Brookings Metro, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking (Written Statement)
- Ms. Cheryal Hills, Executive Director of Region Five Development Commission, National Association of Development Organizations [NADO] (Written Statement)
- Mr. Levon Johnson, President and CEO, Greater Elkhart Chamber of Commerce (Written Statement)
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