Mountain Megas may be the United States' next big growth trend. Dr. Robert Fielden explains what mountain megas are and why there was a conference about them in town.
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Mountain Megas on the Web:
- Brookings Institute: Megapolitan Las Vegas: One of America's Newest Metropolitan Places and a Federal Partnership to Help It Prosper
- Brookings Institute: Mountain Megas: America's Newest Metropolitan Places and a Federal Partnership to Help Them Prosper
- Brookings Institute: Western Perspective: Mountain Megas
- LVRJ: Managing 'Mountain Megas'; Will faltering economy hurt West's growth?