Tony Pipa
@anthonypipa
Cntr Sustainable Devp @BrookingsGlobal. Former: Elysburg PA, fdns in US South, @USAID, @StateDept. Helped birth #SDGs. City diplomacy. Rural policy. Reimagine.
“Build the town that you want to live in” Paul Cloutier, A Bolder Humboldt, Humboldt KS The 2nd season of the #ReimagineRural podcast launches today, & this could be its unofficial slogan. Check out the story of Humboldt KS in episode 1! @BrookingsInst brookings.edu/tags/reimagine…
What happens to all the progress on locally led development now that @USAID has been dismantled & merged into @StateDept? @GMIngramIV & I offer some reflections & options. @BrookingsGlobal brookings.edu/articles/local…
Fabulous conversation on Tues w @HeidiHeitkamp & @GovChrisSununu about the future of rural America, moderated by the inimitable @ChrisStirewalt. We are lucky to have them leading the new bipartisan commission on rural policy facilitated by @BrookingsInst & @AEI
Heidi Heitkamp, OCP Founder and former ND Senator, joined NH Gov. Chris Sununu at the launch of @BrookingsInst and @AEI's bipartisan commission focused on broadening equitable rural prosperity and resilience. #RuralOpportunity
Excited to launch this effort tomorrow w @HeidiHeitkamp & @GovChrisSununu - tune in at 1:30 PM ET!
Join me and @ChrisSununu for a conversation hosted by the @BrookingsInst & @AEI to talk about America's rural future with the launch of a bipartisan commission focused on broadening equitable rural prosperity and resilience. Register here 👇 rb.gy/9n3ph4
Excited to kick-off the @BrookingsInst-@AEI Commission on U.S. Rural Prosperity on Tues July 1 @ 1:30 PM ET! Join us online as @ChrisStirewalt moderates a chat with co-chairs @GovChrisSununu @HeidiHeitkamp #AmericasRuralFuture brookings.edu/events/america…
A new proposal from Room 16 of #17Rooms calls for a government innovation fund to unlock collaborations with universities. Read the research by @jenniferdoleac, @annalilharvey, @anthonypipa, @jonattridge, and co-authors: brookings.edu/articles/build…
A debate that will be spreading, but this particular one is Davis, WV a rural success story that now has a questions of what it wants to be, and if they'll have any say in it. westvirginiawatch.com/2025/05/28/it-…
In a new @BrookingsInst memo, SSRC President @annalilharvey and coauthors @jenniferdoleac @jenniowen @jonattridge @anthonypipa @LEOatND @GAPolicyLabs call for investment in university-government partnerships aimed at increasing the innovation capacity of state and local govts.
The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) has supported over 25,000 projects and reached every state in the U.S. And it primarily benefits Republican congressional districts, @anthonypipa and Adam Aley find in their latest analysis: brookings.edu/articles/the-r…
Thanks @anthonypipa. Would say everybody faces layered issues. --Urban office economies will benefit from #GenAI as a productivity driver but also may see more worker disruption. -Smaller-town and rural places may be insulated from disruption but could miss out on gains
Highly recommend this analysis by @BrookingsMetro colleagues @MarkMuro1 @MollyKinder Shriya Methkupally about the geographic distribution of jobs most exposed to AI - white collar jobs are most in the sights, and rural places generally rank lower…
Highly recommend this analysis by @BrookingsMetro colleagues @MarkMuro1 @MollyKinder Shriya Methkupally about the geographic distribution of jobs most exposed to AI - white collar jobs are most in the sights, and rural places generally rank lower…
Here's the highest-, lowest-, and median #AI-exposed county in every state from our new report on the geography of #GenAI. Check it out: brookings.edu/articles/the-g… @rodriguez_pose @BrookingsMetro @AndrewCities @henrygrabar @OECD_local @lydiadepillis @Chao_Deng @anthonypipa
Here's the highest-, lowest-, and median #AI-exposed county in every state from our new report on the geography of #GenAI. Check it out: brookings.edu/articles/the-g… @rodriguez_pose @BrookingsMetro @AndrewCities @henrygrabar @OECD_local @lydiadepillis @Chao_Deng @anthonypipa
Zooming out the AI impact variations flatten out a bit. Overall, AI exposure labels vary modestly from 35% in the nation's 821 urban counties to 30% in its 1,053 counties brookings.edu/articles/the-g… @anthonypipa @HicksCBER