Monday, September 30, 2013

The Challenge for the Chicago-Milwaukee Metropolitan Area: Moving from Fragmentation to Cooperation

Gov. Scott Walker endorses Milwaukee-Chicago metroplex initiative. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9/27/2013)

Excerpt:   The idea of a Milwaukee-Chicago metroplex might be in its infancy but has influential supporters. It began with a 2012 study from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a global economic think tank based in Paris, which studied the "extreme fragmentation" in the Chicago-Milwaukee region. 

The OECD found a welter of inefficiencies, duplication and jurisdictional rivalries — with Wisconsinites proudly poaching Illinois companies and balking at joint transportation policies — all of which undermine competitiveness in the broader metroplex.



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