Metro Ideas Project is a new public policy think tank focused on mid-sized cities created here in Chattanooga. In this episode we talk about the new think tank and the vision to explore the contextual challenges faced by growing urban areas as well as open the discussion on their first project, education finance in Hamilton County. Understandably, our education budget is complex but it is also the largest publicly funded budget in our county. The exciting thing is how interesting and palatable the team at Metro Ideas have made that information. Please check out their interactive website to see what I mean and learn more about the funding for each one of our schools: