Consulting

oel Kotkin has been asked by numerous civic, business and governmental organizations to help develop plans for their future development. He combines historical insights and theories developed in his books with extensive interviews to give clients a realistic assessment of their current situations, future prospects and, most important, how to achieve their long term goals.

In this work, he works with a team of researchers, economists, planners and development specialists, including such leading figures as demographer William Frey, marketing and planning expert Thomas Tseng and rural development expert Delore Zimmerman. His clients are varied, as are the projects, but he pours the same energy and imagination into each effort.

• Urban/Suburban Development and Visioning.

Past reports: 

Opportunity Urbanism An Emerging Paradigm for the 21st Century, Greater Houston Partnership

“The Third California”, Brookings Institution

Rebuilding America’s Productive Economy
A Heartland Development Strategy
By Joel Kotkin, Senior Fellow, New America Foundation
Delore Zimmerman, President, CEO Praxis, Inc.
A New America Foundation Report
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Laval Technopole Report, with Remy Tremblay, University of Quebec at Montreal

History of American Real Estate, Boxwood Partners

Crabgrass Slums or Urban Frontier (Reason Foundation)

Phoenix Rising: A City of Aspiration
Policy Report 
Goldwater Institute

Recapturing the Dream: A Winning Strategy For the LA Region
Authors: Joel Kotkin, Jack Kyser, Editor: David Friedman

Executive Leadership in the Industrial Economy
By Joel Kotkin and David Friedman
KORN/FERRY INTERNATIONAL

Prosperity Tomorrow-San Fernando Valley,
a long-term study of the San Fernando Valley economy 
Partner Mulholland Institute, www.valleyofthestars.net

"Engine Failure" (Center for an Urban Future, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation)

BREAKING THE MOLD: Building A New Vision For The Inland Empire
Inland Empire 2003 Visioning Summit Report

The Future of Progressivism, Pat Brown Institute

Links:
The Planning Center, Reason Foundation, Pepperdine University School of Public Policy, Milken Institute, Center for an Urban Future, Inland Empire Economic Partnership, LAEDC, St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association, Newman Institute

Future of Center (Reason Foundation)

Does the City Have a Future? (Milken Institute)

Back to the Renaissance? (Pepperdine University)

Past projects:
"Rewarding Ambition"

Current projects:
"The Latino Scorecard"  with Erika Ozuna, (Pepperdine University, Davenport Institute and United Way)

"Changing Face of the San Fernando Valley", with Erika Ozuna, Pepperdine and

 the Economic Alliance 

The Future of Mobility, Reason Public Policy Institute

America's Long Term Infrastructure, New America Foundation