2024
Past Event
May
21
Placemaking
Powering US prosperity and competitiveness through place-based investment
![Diverse Team of Specialists Inspect Commercial, Industrial Building Construction Site. Real Estate Project with Civil Engineer, Investor and Worker. In the Background Crane, Skyscraper Formwork Frames](https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/industrial-building-site-infrastructure-workers.jpg?quality=75&w=500)
Infrastructure
Building a stronger infrastructure workforce requires more than money
![a young female electrician operating on metal machine tool in factory or machinery industry](https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/young-female-electrician.jpg?quality=75&w=500)
Infrastructure
The US needs to improve the quality of infrastructure jobs, not just create more of them
![Gold Star Memorial Bridges in New London, Connecticut. Two highway bridges in diminishing perspective, low angle view.](https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/two-highway-bridges-new-london-connecticut.jpg?quality=75&w=500)
Infrastructure
At its two-year anniversary, the bipartisan infrastructure law continues to rebuild all of America