Strong Places

Strong Places

Jakki Bungart-Bibb

Bungart-Bibb selected for W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Leadership Network

December 12, 2025

Research Highlights

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10 lessons for mid-sized cities: public-private partnerships and good jobs

Kathleen Bolter, Timothy J. Bartik, Brad J. Hershbein, Michelle Miller-Adams, Alfonso Hernandez, Kyle Huisman , Bridget Timmeney

November 3, 2025

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Michigan’s Great Start Readiness Program yields positive economic return

Timothy J. Bartik

February 20, 2025

A girl with a cat sits at a window looking at the gray San Francisco sky and wondering what she'll do once her family is evicted

What happens to tenants when landlords quit the rent-controlled market? ASSA research focus

December 19, 2024

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Commentary & Analysis

Skyline of Grand Rapids, Michigan

10 lessons for mid-sized cities: public-private partnerships and good jobs

Kathleen Bolter, Timothy J. Bartik, Brad J. Hershbein, Michelle Miller-Adams, Alfonso Hernandez, Kyle Huisman , Bridget Timmeney

November 3, 2025

Experts

Senior Director, Center for Workforce Innovation and Solutions

Gabrielle Pepin

Senior Economist

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Senior Director of Regional Economic and Community Development

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