In the year since the Brookings Institution released “The Rise of Innovation Districts: A New Geography of Innovation in America,” Brookings has visited or interacted with dozens of leaders in burgeoning innovation districts in the United States and Europe — among them Brookings’ Bruce Katz’s visit to Des Moines recently. In so doing, Brookings has gained some important insights into how cities and metros are embracing this new paradigm of economy-shaping, place-making, and network-building. Read the new report here.