Nowak Metro Finance Lab

Since its founding in 2018, the Nowak Metro Finance Lab has been helping leaders navigate an increasingly complex economic and social landscape through our collaborative approach and deep commitment to practitioner-led research and development. More specifically, the Lab: 1. Helps set the broader economic context for city and metropolitan performance through landscape analysis, trendspotting, and issue-framing 2. Co-creates strategies and tools with leading practitioners 3. Catalyzes transformation through innovative products, playbooks, and model deals The Lab works to help cities and metros adjust to disruptive change in ways that leverage their distinctive competitive assets and further innovative, inclusive, and resilient growth. The ongoing Industrial Transition in the U.S. is a large part of our focus and informs research across our four workstreams: Procurement, Capital, Housing, and Place. The Lab honors the legacy of Jeremy Nowak, the widely respected urban thought leader and practitioner. The best places to keep up with the Lab are the New Localism newsletter (https://thenewlocalism.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=c12f91297e9b158a31d373cee&id=f0c70a1316) and LinkedIn.