Illinois City County Managers Association

Marriott Pere Marquette 501 Main Street, Peoria, IL, United States

Opening Keynote: Joel Kotkin Towards a New Localism Joel will discuss the importance of decentralizing power to the local level; the future of localism under a Trump presidency; and the opportunities that exist in smaller cities and the suburbs for immigrants and the rapidly growing "30 something" generation. After the session, Joel will be on […]

Aspen Institute

Aspen Meadows Campus Paepcke Auditorium, Aspen Meadows Campus, Aspen, CO

The McCloskey Speaker Series presents a unique and diverse roster of distinguished speakers. The series is made possible by a generous donation from the McCloskey Family Charitable Foundation. Featuring Joel Kotkin, Presidential Fellow of Urban Futures at Chapman University and Executive Director of the Center for Opportunity Urbanism. Kotkin will discuss his newest book, The Human City: […]

$20

Human City Book Event

Politics & Prose at Busboys and Poets. 1025 5th Street NW, New York, NY

With more people living in cities than ever before, it’s worth reconsidering what we want urban life to be. In his eighth book, Kotkin, a presidential fellow in urban futures at Chapman University as well as the executive director at the Center of Opportunity Urbanism and the executive editor of NewGeography.com, argues that cities could […]