When the New York-based Roosevelt Institute released a package of briefs this week examining , the finding that cities must lead on innovation and job creation wasn’t news to Denver Mayor Michael Hancock.
He’s been saying for a while that the reason Denver had one of the strongest recoveries of any U.S. city was because it took the lead on issues and met business needs the federal government couldn’t or wouldn’t.
“What you’re seeing now, and we’re doing it here in Denver, are cities driving their own economic growth and becoming the engines that are powering their recovery,” Hancock said about the Roosevelt Institute report, which explores cities as incubators of policy that can provide platforms for workforce and technological innovation.
“Cities like Denver and Boulder have been leaders in encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship,” said Bo Cutter, director of the Next American Economy program at the left-leaning Roosevelt Institute.
The series of briefs includes other economic forecasts, including the ” ” of part-time and freelance employment; jobs in the expanding use of ; what labor might look like; for the future economy; and .
