Keith Cooke
Keith Cooke is the Director of Planning & Community Development Markets at Esri. A graduate of Auburn University, he has been a GIS professional since 1994 and has worked for planning and community development agencies at the regional and municipal level. Prior to this role, he was an account executive at Esri for 15 years working with over 100 local governments. Keith regularly collaborates with industry leaders, planners, economic developers, and technology experts to drive innovation in community development practices using GIS, and is an active member in the American Planning Association.
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A Strong Foundation for GIS – What It Means for Planning Professionals
Explore this briefing about ArcGIS apps that planning departments need to help make better, more sustainable, and more justifiable decisions.
Location and Policy Development for Housing
GIS has always been used in this arena to design land use and sites, but this evolving technology is now being used by to help validate policy.
Resilience Planning Series – Acute Shocks and Chronic Stresses
GIS provides the tools to create and analyze designs, collaborate, and justify policies to make communities resilient in the short and long term.
Resilience Planning Series – Taking a Data-Driven Approach to Affordable Housing
This is the second of a multi-part series focusing on the concepts of resilience planning and role of GIS and today’s planning professionals.
Resilience Planning Series – Driving Sustainable Economic Restoration
This is the first of a multi-part series focusing on the concepts of resilience planning and role of GIS and today’s planning professionals.
Advanced Approach to Citizen Engagement
Planners have a unique opportunity to leverage tools that meet the public’s expectations for how they engage their government.
Planners and the Growing Trend of Counter-Urbanization
As planners are impacted by an increase in counter-urbanization GIS can help planners prepare in the short and long term.
Community Planning and Policymaking for Homelessness
Planners are participating in policymaking beyond just typical changes in zoning and land use. One of which is managing homelessness.