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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted societal challenges that necessitate new forms of innovation.

Eleven additional innovation districts are advancing research to tackle COVID-19.

The article discusses efforts to establish an innovation district in Be’er Sheva, Israel, to prevent brain drain and enhance the city’s economic and technological development.

The Cortex Innovation Community in St. Louis has become a global model for innovation districts, demonstrating how strong leadership and strategic investments can transform a former industrial area into a thriving technology hub.

Dennis Lower, as the first full-time CEO of the Cortex Innovation Community, transformed it from housing 35 companies in 2010 to over 400 by 2020, establishing Cortex as a global model for innovation districts.

Bruce Katz examines how public investments in urban projects, like innovation districts, often increase private wealth while communities see little return, advocating for policies to ensure more equitable benefits.