@RKeithCooke

Director-Planning & Community Development Markets @Esri. Former Planner/GIS Mgr. Also Housing, Economic Mobility. Also tweeting abt useless stuff (not sorry).

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Check out my latest article: Housing’s Long Recovery Requires Local Action and Data-Driven Decisions linkedin.com/pulse/housings-…

Housing’s Long Recovery Requires Local Action and Data-Driven Decisions

America’s housing shortage did not begin with recent interest rates. It reflects a long recovery from the collapse of the mid-2000s housing bubble, followed by years in which homebuilding failed to...

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The agenda for the @Esri Planning Director Summit is out! It's a unique opportunity for leaders in planning to get together, share projects, and learn how #GIS is being applied in everything from comp plans to #housing to redevelopment strategies. esri.com/en-us/about/events/…

2026 Esri Planning Directors Summit: Nov 3-4 in Chicago, IL

The Esri Planning Directors Summit is an invitation-only event for city, county, and regional planning leaders, to be held November 3–4, 2026, in Chicago, Illinois.

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Check out my latest article: By-Right on Paper…Nowhere on the Map #housing #urbanplanning #GIS #zoning linkedin.com/pulse/by-right-…

By-Right on Paper…Nowhere on the Map

For the last five years, an increasing number of states have become directly involved in how their respective local governments handle housing and other developments. In fact, as of this year, more...

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Check out my latest article: Four Reasons to Attend the Planning Directors Summit linkedin.com/pulse/four-reas… via @LinkedIn

Four Reasons to Attend the Planning Directors Summit

It’s hard to believe we are less than three months away from our 3rd Annual Esri Planning Directors Summit. It sounds cliched to say, but it seems like yesterday that we were working on the agenda...

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Check out my latest article: Three Reasons to Attend the Esri Planning Directors Summit linkedin.com/pulse/three-rea… via @LinkedIn

Three Reasons to Attend the Esri Planning Directors Summit

It’s hard to believe we are three months away from our 3rd Annual Esri Planning Directors Summit. It sounds cliched to say, but it seems like yesterday that we were working on the agenda for our...

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Check out my latest article: What the 21st Century ROAD to #Housing Act Means for Local Government #urbanplanning #GIS linkedin.com/pulse/what-21st… via @LinkedIn

What the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Means for Local Government

The bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is now law, and it sends a clear signal that housing supply and affordability are no longer issues local governments can address with incremental...

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Check out my latest article: The Planning and Economic Development Guide to the 2026 Esri UC linkedin.com/pulse/planning-… #EsriUC #GIS #housing #planning

The Planning and Economic Development Guide to the 2026 Esri UC

Next week, about 18,000 of your closest friends (Esri users) will gather in San Diego for our annual user conference. To give you a peek behind the curtain, there is a great deal of effort from Esri...

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Registration is open for the 3rd annual @Esri Planning Directors Summit. This year, we're in Chicago on Nov. 3 & 4. This is an exclusive request-to-attend event for planning directors to learn from peers how #GIS empowers modern planning projects. esri.com/en-us/about/events/…

2026 Esri Planning Directors Summit: Nov 3-4 in Chicago, IL

The Esri Planning Directors Summit is an invitation-only event for city, county, and regional planning leaders, to be held November 3–4, 2026, in Chicago, Illinois.

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#ArcGIS works as a planning system. That's not news. Here is our Q2 update where we look only at some of the key updates to the apps that modernize the way planning departments work. #urbanplanning #GIS #housing #zoning #permitting linkedin.com/pulse/arcgis-pl… via @LinkedIn

ArcGIS as a Planning System - Q2 Updates

As we discussed in the initial Q1 update, ArcGIS continues to function as a planning system made up of multiple applications and data products that support scenario planning, housing policy analysis,...

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Registration for the 3rd Annual @Esri Planning Directors Summit is now open! This year, we are at the Palmer House in Chicago on November 3 & 4. Request to attend today! #urbanplanning #housing #GIS #zoning @APA_Planning @leagueofcities @NACoCounties esri.com/en-us/about/events/…

Request to Attend | 2026 Esri Planning Directors Summit

Get registration details for the Esri Planning Directors Summit in Chicago, Illinois. Find information on registration rates and in-person attendance.

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89’ Lions Goal! ⚽️ Final/2OT: @BriarwoodMens 1, Gadsden City 0. (Class 6A State Championship) Coleson Gooch shuts down the soccer season with a title-winning goal for the Lions! Briarwood kept knocking to win its fourth-straight game after regulation. It could only end this way!
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Check out my latest article: @Esri's NPC 26 Recap linkedin.com/pulse/esris-npc… via @LinkedIn

Esri's NPC 26 Recap

The weekend of April 24-27 saw the American Planning Association’s National Planning Conference in Detroit. With nearly 5,000 in attendance, it proved once again that NPC is the premier event for...

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Memo to the class of 2026: Your first, best career move might be to head south on.wsj.com/4d0DlhH

These Are the Hiring Hot Spots Where College Grads Are Landing Good Jobs

The best prospects for many 20-somethings are in fast-growing cities such as Birmingham, Ala., Tampa, Fla., and Raleigh, N.C., a new analysis shows.

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Here in Alabama, we will always be proud of Tim Cook! He is an Alabamian through and through — born in Mobile and a graduate of Auburn University. I wish @tim_cook continued success and am grateful for all he has done and will continue to do for our state.
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BREAKING: Apple CEO Tim Cook steps down. Cook has served as CEO since taking over for Steve Jobs in 2011.
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It’s about as close as you can get to a real-life magic school bus! 🚌 @AU_Geo’s mobile science lab is bringing #STEM to K-12 students across Alabama. ow.ly/bZsn50YvpYg
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Hayley Miller shares how ArcGIS Velocity for Enterprise brings streaming data, real-time analytics, alerting, and situational awareness into ArcGIS Enterprise. ow.ly/xa7U30sTFg8 #FedGIS2026
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In our latest episode of Reinventing Planning, I have the privilege of talking with Melissa Taylor, #MPO Director at the Chattanooga-Hamilton County, TN RPA. #GIS #urbanplanning #Transportation @APA_Planning @Assoc_MPOs open.spotify.com/episode/03k…

Ep 14 | Chatting with Chattanooga-Hamilton County RPA

Reinventing Planning · Episode

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Check out my latest article: ArcGIS as a Planning System - Q1 Update #GIS #urbanplanning #Esri #housing #permitting linkedin.com/pulse/arcgis-pl… via @LinkedIn

ArcGIS as a Planning System - Q1 Update

One of the interesting and challenging tasks in this role is to not only stay on top of ongoing trends in planning, housing, and economic development, but also the software that Esri creates. If...

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When we talk about leveraging #ArcGIS as a Planning System for resilience planning, it may be hard to find a better example than the work that Kaua'i County is doing. Check out there story here: #GIS #preservation @APA_Planning @NACoCounties esri.com/en-us/lg/industry/g…

Kauai County Uses ArcGIS for Wildfire Mitigation | Case Study

Kauai County applies ArcGIS and form-based codes to design wildfire-resilient neighborhoods and protect historic camps in Hawaii’s WUI zones.

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