Citistates Group

The Citistates Group is led by America’s only journalist team focused first and foremost on metropolitan regions and how they position themselves to cope with the demanding economic, environmental, social challenges of the 21st century.

Neal Peirce and Curtis Johnson have written Citistates Reports on strategic issue sets facing 24 metropolitan regions, published by over 50 newspapers in the last 20 years. Recently they wrote a series on critical issues facing an entire six-state region -- New England.

The Citistates Group includes a collegial network of Associates with parallel interests — and achievements. Many are public speakers and authors of cutting-edge research and writing in the field.

Activities of the Group — a “virtual” corporation without established offices or staff — are managed by Farley Peters, the group’s organizer and strategist.