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1 Mayors and Innovation Districtson Innovation and PlacemakingAdvancing 1 Mayors and Innovation Districts on Innovation and Placemaking The role of mayors in the rise of innovation districts June 2017 The The Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Initiative PAGE PAGE 10 Mayors and Innovation Districts Advancing a new wave of urban competitiveness: The role of mayors in the rise of innovation districts Project background The U.S. Conference of Mayors convened the Council on Metro Economies and the New America City: Working Group on Innovation and Placemaking in 2016. The working group agreed to explore the recent rise of innovation districts—the small geographic areas within cities where research universities, medical institutions, and companies cluster and connect with start-ups, accelerators, and incubators. These centers represent a new geography of economic development, indicating a radical shift from previously isolated suburban research parks toward amenity-rich, hyper-connected areas in our city cores. In October 2016, the working group met in Pittsburgh to observe how the fast-growing innovation economy is emerging in several small geographies. The working group visited the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, the Human Engineering Research The working group experienced first-hand how Pittsburgh is cultivating areas of innovation. Photo credit: Scott Goldsmith. The working group also traveled to St. Louis to learn how they are developing innovation districts. Photo credit: Katherine Bish. Laboratories at the University of Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Robotics in the city’s Lawrenceville neighborhood. The group also participated in structured conversations around three themes—innovation, inclusion, and the intersection between place and innovation. In April 2017, the working group traveled to St. Louis to learn more about the Cortex Innovation Community, an innovation district in the city’s heart. St. Louis leaders shared details on the multipronged strategy