City and Metro Growth Rankings

The Milken Institute just released its latest Best Performing Cities report, which ranks the 200 largest metro areas and 96 smaller cities. It's a worthwhile bit of reading. You can download the report, after registering with Milken. The full report is worth reading because it:

1. Talks about the factors influencing growth and where they have had the most influence.

2. Points to the role of the national economy in shaping growth prospects for all areas. This is very important to help your leadership and other stakeholders understand why so few ED results (investment, jobs, etc.) were produced in the past 3 years. The good news is things are getting better now.

3. Talks about the major factors you need to consider if you want to be a top-performing metro or city.

I thank Ed Morrison for calling my attention to the report's availability.

Milken Institute report.