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Higher Education as an Anchor Institution: Solving the Distressed Inner City Neighborhood Problem

Henry Louis Taylor, Jr. Department of Urban and Regional Studies UB Center for Urban Studies University at Buffalo October 27, 2011

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Inner City Distress Underperforming Schools Bad Housing Depression Crime Joblessness Inadequate Transportation Hopelessness Violence

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Goods & Services Workforce $190 B Rest of U.S. Goods & Services Workforce $125 B Rest of Central City Goods & Services Workforce $85 B Inner City

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Can we harness this Substantial Economic Activity and Focus it on Inner City Development?

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