RIGO Project

We study Regional Intergovernmental Organizations (RIGOs) and regional governance. Hosted at the Center for Metropolitan Studies at the University of Pittsburgh

[RIGO Project @ProjectRigo]

Part 2 of our @UrbanAffairsRev forum on the State of the Field: American Regionalism and the Constellation of Mechanisms for Cross-Boundary Cooperation has been published with a great group of articles.
A thread!

[RIGO Project @ProjectRigo]

So psyched to announce that Part 2 of our @UrbanAffairsRev series on the State of American Regionalism is now live!

Exciting thread to follow, but in the meantime check it out for all your holiday weekend reading needs!

https://t.co/hZtZXku6KW

[RIGO Project @ProjectRigo]

This is just the first wave of contributions! We will be publishing the next articles in groups over the next few months, so stay tuned!

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The wait is over! The first contributions for our "State of American Regionalism" Colloquium on the @UrbanAffairsRev Forum are live!

https://t.co/YRNCZ624Am

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@UrbanAffairsRev @JayRickabaugh @PittMPPM @leland_suzanne @MargaretWeir4 In an innovative contribution, @Richardson invites us to consider #BIDs as a form of collective action that form to leverage common resources to solve problems and what lessons we can learn from how they cross jurisdictional boundaries.

https://t.co/uRpvC1ZzI1

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The latest paper by @JayRickabaugh about regional public service organizations (of which RIGOs are one) is out now. Check it out!

[Senator John Hoeven @SenJohnHoeven]

I’m continuing to press OMB to reject any plans that impact the MSA minimum requirement and have a negative impact on rural communities in ND & across the country. https://t.co/itEFwNLQhl

[Rep. Bruce Westerman @RepWesterman]

I sent a bipartisan letter with @RepSusanWild to oppose OMB’s proposed rule change that would impact 144 communities' metropolitan statistical area (MSA) status. The proposed change would strip valuable economic development tools from these small cities.
https://t.co/sxXjnfOIKC

[Governor Mike Braun @GovBraun]

OMB is entertaining a proposal to raise the minimum population for an MSA designation to 100,000 from 50,000. Five MSAs in Indiana would lose their designation, economic development tools, and potential federal funding. @SenToddYoung & I wrote to OMB asking them to reconsider.

[Census State Data Centers @censusSDC]

via @UArizonaEBRC Name Games: Revising the MSA Designation?: Valorie Rice, Senior Business Information Specialist Under a recent OMB proposal, four Arizona MSAs could be redefined as micropolitan areas Arizona currently has seven metropolitan areas:… https://t.co/3SqdOSQgGl

[RIGO Project @ProjectRigo]

The OMB's proposed changes to defining MSAs is more than "just statistical" and will have real implications for federal funding, planning, and research.

[APA Advocates @APAadvocates]

OMB'S MSA redefinition proposal threatens to undermine the effectiveness of federal relief policy & aid in communities aiming to recover & reinvent. At this pivotal moment in our nation’s recovery, @APA_Planning urges @OMBPress to postpone pending more comprehensive review.

[Jen Nelles @jen_nelles]

This is a very important proposal that is going to need a lot of consideration. We and @ProjectRigo will be sharing the responses that we see, like this one on the implications for federal funding to #nonmetro counties, to get a broader sense of implications.

[RIGO Project @ProjectRigo]

The deadline to comment on the OMB proposal to change how we measure #MSAs is *this Friday*.

See the thread below for more details and for our response. Please consider signing on to our response or submitting your own.

These changes are important!

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Check out the link below for more about our response (note: link goes to a form that includes our submission. You do not have to be a signatory to read it).

Get in touch with questions!

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A new paper out of our project by @JayRickabaugh explores how intergovernmental coordination is organized and finds exciting, unexpected, and significant similarities between rural and non-rural #RIGOs.

[RIGO Project @ProjectRigo]

This Nov, @ProjectRigo lost a leader with Dave Miller's passing.

We reflect on the importance of the forthcoming @UrbanAffairsRev Forum on the "State of the Field of American Regionalism" to Dave's legacy and the project's future.

Colloquium details: https://t.co/RmBmlO2znR