Alex Pearlstein
@alexpearlstein.bsky.social
Principal, Broad Ripple Strategies (www.broadripplestrategies.com). Professional: Economic development consulting. Personal: Georgia Tech, Leeds United, Guided By Voices (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3D2RFTwTuVjDPdKyXI9xW7?si=1e50c55d26f84565), cats.
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Republican spending plan for Census Bureau could shrink response rate on decennial census to 28% www.science.org/content/arti...
Republican push to make U.S. census surveys voluntary alarms statisticians
Pending bills targeting decennial census and American Community Survey would make results less reliable
www.science.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Republican spending plan for Census Bureau could shrink response rate on decennial census to 28% www.science.org/content/arti...
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China is easing migration for young researchers to boost its competitiveness in AI, robotics and new materials
go.nature.com/4p4bS31
go.nature.com/4p4bS31
China’s new scientist visa is a ‘serious bid’ for the world’s top talent
The country is easing migration for young researchers to boost its competitiveness in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and new materials.
go.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
China is easing migration for young researchers to boost its competitiveness in AI, robotics and new materials
go.nature.com/4p4bS31
go.nature.com/4p4bS31
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Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for @science.org 🧪
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Canada’s new budget aims to lure U.S. researchers to relocate
Spending plan also calls for smaller research spending cut than feared
www.science.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for @science.org 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
ESPN changed up the format of the NBA 🏀 boxscores and it's screwing up my brain.
Change for the sake of change. Boo.
Change for the sake of change. Boo.
November 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
ESPN changed up the format of the NBA 🏀 boxscores and it's screwing up my brain.
Change for the sake of change. Boo.
Change for the sake of change. Boo.
#GBV love fest alert.
Today, on Robert Pollard's 68th bday, Guided By Voices released their 43rd album since 1983. The band's first few years, RP was still teaching high school in Dayton.
What other songwriter is producing stuff this great after 42 years. Nobody.
open.spotify.com/album/57oBee...
Today, on Robert Pollard's 68th bday, Guided By Voices released their 43rd album since 1983. The band's first few years, RP was still teaching high school in Dayton.
What other songwriter is producing stuff this great after 42 years. Nobody.
open.spotify.com/album/57oBee...
Thick Rich And Delicious
open.spotify.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
#GBV love fest alert.
Today, on Robert Pollard's 68th bday, Guided By Voices released their 43rd album since 1983. The band's first few years, RP was still teaching high school in Dayton.
What other songwriter is producing stuff this great after 42 years. Nobody.
open.spotify.com/album/57oBee...
Today, on Robert Pollard's 68th bday, Guided By Voices released their 43rd album since 1983. The band's first few years, RP was still teaching high school in Dayton.
What other songwriter is producing stuff this great after 42 years. Nobody.
open.spotify.com/album/57oBee...
From the "it was a matter of time" file...
DCs are going to become the #econdev sibling of data centers - big investment, big footprint, big utility user, handful of jobs.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...
DCs are going to become the #econdev sibling of data centers - big investment, big footprint, big utility user, handful of jobs.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...
The Robots Fueling Amazon’s Automation
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
From the "it was a matter of time" file...
DCs are going to become the #econdev sibling of data centers - big investment, big footprint, big utility user, handful of jobs.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...
DCs are going to become the #econdev sibling of data centers - big investment, big footprint, big utility user, handful of jobs.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...
I really feel like if cities constantly create cool sh*t, you eventually get to critical mass and become a Place To Be.
So never stop building cool sh*t.
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So never stop building cool sh*t.
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PHOTOS: See inside Detroit's new Wilson Park before it opens this weekend – Model D
We got an early tour of the new 22-acre Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park, which will open to the public on Oct. 25.
modeldmedia.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I really feel like if cities constantly create cool sh*t, you eventually get to critical mass and become a Place To Be.
So never stop building cool sh*t.
modeldmedia.com/photos-see-i...
So never stop building cool sh*t.
modeldmedia.com/photos-see-i...
As a GBV guy, can't help but share this. Really captures the output and the nuance that is Robert Pollard - America's greatest living rock n' roll songwriter.
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A Universe Within A Universe Within A Universe: A Conversation With GBV Producer Travis Harrison
On recording GBV's current run of albums, including their electrifying, live-in-the-studio forthcoming album, 'Thick Rich and Delicious,' out October 31
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October 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
As a GBV guy, can't help but share this. Really captures the output and the nuance that is Robert Pollard - America's greatest living rock n' roll songwriter.
open.substack.com/pub/excitedo...
open.substack.com/pub/excitedo...
"Entering just five prompts into ChatGPT is the equivalent of fully charging your cell phone or drinking an entire 8-ounce glass of water."
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Data Centers: The New Economic Development Gold Rush? - International Economic Development Council
www.iedconline.org
October 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"Entering just five prompts into ChatGPT is the equivalent of fully charging your cell phone or drinking an entire 8-ounce glass of water."
www.iedconline.org/news/2025/10...
www.iedconline.org/news/2025/10...
If offshoring is a no-go for national defense / patriotic justifications, this sector could definitely be a Rust Belt Reviver.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/t...
Factory Towns Revive as Defense Tech Makers Arrive
www.nytimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If offshoring is a no-go for national defense / patriotic justifications, this sector could definitely be a Rust Belt Reviver.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/t...
The game is won when the cameras are off.
Of the top 10 research institution contributors to science journals, 8 are Chinese. A decade ago, there was only 1.
Harvard is the only U.S. institution on the current list.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...
Of the top 10 research institution contributors to science journals, 8 are Chinese. A decade ago, there was only 1.
Harvard is the only U.S. institution on the current list.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...
Opinion | We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself
www.nytimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The game is won when the cameras are off.
Of the top 10 research institution contributors to science journals, 8 are Chinese. A decade ago, there was only 1.
Harvard is the only U.S. institution on the current list.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...
Of the top 10 research institution contributors to science journals, 8 are Chinese. A decade ago, there was only 1.
Harvard is the only U.S. institution on the current list.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...
Level of myopia to think that a "Manhattan Project to restore the nuclear family" will succeed without more affordable housing, middle-class opportunity jobs, immigration reform, and open trade is ludicrous.
www.newsweek.com/heritage-fou...
www.newsweek.com/heritage-fou...
Project 2025 group making plans to boost US birth rate
The Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank involved in crafting Project 2025, is planning to tackle the declining birth rate.
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September 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Level of myopia to think that a "Manhattan Project to restore the nuclear family" will succeed without more affordable housing, middle-class opportunity jobs, immigration reform, and open trade is ludicrous.
www.newsweek.com/heritage-fou...
www.newsweek.com/heritage-fou...
Billionaires who fund STEM colleges > than billionaires who buy super yachts.
www.nwaonline.com/news/2025/au...
www.nwaonline.com/news/2025/au...
Walton family eyes 2028 opening for new university, seeks president committed to STEM education | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
BENTONVILLE -- The Walton family has put out a call to find the inaugural president of a new business-oriented university focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics, with the aim of o...
www.nwaonline.com
September 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Billionaires who fund STEM colleges > than billionaires who buy super yachts.
www.nwaonline.com/news/2025/au...
www.nwaonline.com/news/2025/au...
The new calculus of sports stadium development. Battery-charged/inspired and all about the $$$$.
As an urbanist, it's great that "live, work, play" is actually used outside of a planning nerd context. But still not sold on a greenfield approach, especially in KCMO.
www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
As an urbanist, it's great that "live, work, play" is actually used outside of a planning nerd context. But still not sold on a greenfield approach, especially in KCMO.
www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
Where will your team's next ballpark be? What Royals can teach us about the future of MLB stadiums
Kansas City's ongoing search for a new home provides three models other franchises could follow.
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August 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The new calculus of sports stadium development. Battery-charged/inspired and all about the $$$$.
As an urbanist, it's great that "live, work, play" is actually used outside of a planning nerd context. But still not sold on a greenfield approach, especially in KCMO.
www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
As an urbanist, it's great that "live, work, play" is actually used outside of a planning nerd context. But still not sold on a greenfield approach, especially in KCMO.
www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
Congrats to #PearlandTX for ranking #3 nationally and #1 in TX on US News' best places to live 2025.
BRS principals have managed all 4 Pearland Prosperity plans so we have seen first hand their vision to shoot for the stars and the perseverance to reach them.
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BRS principals have managed all 4 Pearland Prosperity plans so we have seen first hand their vision to shoot for the stars and the perseverance to reach them.
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realestate.usnews.com
August 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Congrats to #PearlandTX for ranking #3 nationally and #1 in TX on US News' best places to live 2025.
BRS principals have managed all 4 Pearland Prosperity plans so we have seen first hand their vision to shoot for the stars and the perseverance to reach them.
realestate.usnews.com/places/texas...
BRS principals have managed all 4 Pearland Prosperity plans so we have seen first hand their vision to shoot for the stars and the perseverance to reach them.
realestate.usnews.com/places/texas...
Georgia Tech is arguably the number two asset in the state after Hartsfield-Jackson.
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/23/p...
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/23/p...
The 10 public colleges with the best ROI in the U.S.
If you're borrowing money to get a college education, it's smart to pick a school that helps you pay it back. These schools offer the best value.
www.cnbc.com
August 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Georgia Tech is arguably the number two asset in the state after Hartsfield-Jackson.
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/23/p...
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/23/p...
This says a ton about what the data show about Birmingham vs. Huntsville trajectory.
www.al.com/news/2025/08...
www.al.com/news/2025/08...
IKEA is coming to Alabama: Where it will be and when it will open
IKEA has consistently been on a "most-wanted" list among shoppers.
www.al.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
This says a ton about what the data show about Birmingham vs. Huntsville trajectory.
www.al.com/news/2025/08...
www.al.com/news/2025/08...
So much about the OKC example is illustrative for #econdev strategy:
--Qualify of life > talent > jobs + investment > repeat
-- Transformational resources have to be approved/generated locally
--Lasting change takes time & perseverance
--Promoting your story matters
www.news9.com/story/688c34...
--Qualify of life > talent > jobs + investment > repeat
-- Transformational resources have to be approved/generated locally
--Lasting change takes time & perseverance
--Promoting your story matters
www.news9.com/story/688c34...
The Rise of OKC: How MAPS and the Thunder transformed Oklahoma City
From Bricktown to the Oklahoma City Thunder, OKC has transformed a lot over the last 30 years. Karl Torp looks at what made the change possible.
www.news9.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
So much about the OKC example is illustrative for #econdev strategy:
--Qualify of life > talent > jobs + investment > repeat
-- Transformational resources have to be approved/generated locally
--Lasting change takes time & perseverance
--Promoting your story matters
www.news9.com/story/688c34...
--Qualify of life > talent > jobs + investment > repeat
-- Transformational resources have to be approved/generated locally
--Lasting change takes time & perseverance
--Promoting your story matters
www.news9.com/story/688c34...
Amazingly enough, the cop's name was Officer Jerry.
“Chuck E.’s busy right now.”
A man dressed as Chuck E. Cheese was arrested at a Tallahassee, Florida, location of the children’s restaurant chain. He is facing charges of credit card fraud.
A man dressed as Chuck E. Cheese was arrested at a Tallahassee, Florida, location of the children’s restaurant chain. He is facing charges of credit card fraud.
‘Come With Me, Chuck E.’: Mouse Arrested for Credit Card Fraud
At a Tallahassee, Fla., Chuck E. Cheese location, a police officer told children: “Chuck E.’s busy right now.”
nyti.ms
July 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Amazingly enough, the cop's name was Officer Jerry.
Attracting a research professor's well-funded lab is the economic equivalent of a small steel mill. Never understood why #econdev doesn't reach out to institutions to support these types of efforts.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Large study of scientists who move their labs reveals how location drives productivity
Concentrating funding at high-powered universities can maximize output, paper argues, but may sacrifice broader benefits
www.science.org
July 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Attracting a research professor's well-funded lab is the economic equivalent of a small steel mill. Never understood why #econdev doesn't reach out to institutions to support these types of efforts.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Props for at least reaching for the Holy Grail. They'd rule the world for sure if this works.
Beijing’s reorganization of science is a broad, systemic effort to reshape how research is conducted, applied and evaluated nationwide
go.nature.com/44Eba5j
go.nature.com/44Eba5j
China’s shift towards ‘organized research’: how can coordination and innovation co-exist?
Beijing’s reorganization of science is a broad, systemic effort to reshape how research is conducted, applied and evaluated nationwide.
go.nature.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Props for at least reaching for the Holy Grail. They'd rule the world for sure if this works.
Seems to come up in every strategic process.
The #econdev component is attracting the tournaments. Ton of spending and secondary effects.
The #econdev component is attracting the tournaments. Ton of spending and secondary effects.
An American obsession with youth sports is attracting investments in baseball fields, volleyball courts and football camps, intensifying the gap between families with means and those without.
Youth Sports Are a $40 Billion Business. Private Equity Is Taking Notice.
An American obsession is attracting investments in baseball fields, volleyball courts and football camps, intensifying the gap between families with means and those without.
trib.al
July 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Seems to come up in every strategic process.
The #econdev component is attracting the tournaments. Ton of spending and secondary effects.
The #econdev component is attracting the tournaments. Ton of spending and secondary effects.
This times a dozen is why the era of American exceptionalism is over.
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As Trump shuts out migrants, Spain opens its doors and fuels economic growth
Defying the anti-immigrant trend in the U.S., Spain is reaping economic benefits by granting citizenship to tens of thousands of newly-arrived workers.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This times a dozen is why the era of American exceptionalism is over.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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I hope US folks on the No Kings rallies know how much people outside the US are heartened to see them. We always knew the US is full of very fine people who totally reject and revile what's happening, but my god it's good to see it.
June 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I hope US folks on the No Kings rallies know how much people outside the US are heartened to see them. We always knew the US is full of very fine people who totally reject and revile what's happening, but my god it's good to see it.