Any urbanist has to appreciate New York City and the way it works. The public transit is astonishing. — Mick Cornett Copy Share Image
We've seen the kind of social impact a professional sports team has on a city. A team brings high-profile role models into your community… — Mick Cornett Copy Share Image
If your city's being populated by highly educated twentysomething s with choices, you're probably going to succeed. — Mick Cornett Copy Share Image
It's nice to get president candidates' attention to infrastructure need which is really a ticking time bomb in America. But as important as the dollar amounts are, we need to know that this money is gonna go directly to cities. So we're gonna be able to put it to use. In previous administrations and in previous efforts on infrastructure, the… — Mick Cornett Copy Share
We need a better strategy for poor people...because what we're doing isn't working. — Mick Cornett Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that we have entered an age when local communities need to invest in themselves. Federal and state dollars are becoming… — Mick Cornett Copy Share Image
Cities have to realize that whatever the federal government is going to do, its not going to be enough. And cities that proactively take… — Mick Cornett Copy Share Image
We've got to get people out of their cars, out of those drive-thru windows, get them walking, get them in parks and get them… — Mick Cornett Copy Share Image
If you can attract highly educated people from other parts of the country and keep your own best and brightest, chances are the job… — Mick Cornett Copy Share Image
I'd rather we were rebuilding Philadelphia, as opposed to Kabul...There are American cities with serious infrastructure problems and we're not addressing them. — Mick Cornett Copy Share Image
I believe in infrastructure, I believe in investing in your hard assets. Where I think government starts to fail is when it starts getting… — Mick Cornett Copy Share Image
