A Hidden Reason Cities Fall Apart

Robert D. Atkinson, president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, described the long-term secular trends in an email: “Big ‘anchor’ corporations played a key role in civic life in metro areas, not just in terms of corporate donations to nonprofits but also in bringing to bear leadership to revitalize cities. This used to happen all the time in Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis, the Twin Cities, etc.”