Metropolitan/Regional Development Links
The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program seeks to shape a new generation of urban policies that will help build strong cities and metropolitan regions.
The Citistates Group is a network of journalists, speakers and consultants who believe that successful metropolitan regions are today's key to economic competitiveness and sustainable communities.
Metro is the directly elected regional government that serves more than 1.3 million residents in three counties, and the 24 cities in the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area.
The Metropolitan Council is a nationally unique governmental body in the seven county area around Minnesota's Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. It was created in 1967 because the Twin Cities is one region.
Regional Plan Association is the nation's oldest and most influential independent regional planning organization. Since 1923, RPA has worked to improve the quality of life in the 31-county New York-New Jersey-Connecticut metropolitan area by creating long-term comprehensive plans and promoting their implementation across political boundaries.
