2. Written by Joel Kotkin
Kotkin is also a Distinguished Presidential Fellow
in Urban Futures with Chapman University.
He has been studying the economic future growth of
the United States.
He describes his continuous efforts of rebuilding
cities economic status especially those that are
no longer being used now due to growth in the
shopping world such as malls and retail stores.
3. Kotlin predicts that by 2050 people will start
to leave the big cities and move to more
suburban parts of the country.
He wants to create “lifestyle centers”
Rick Caruso (a developer known for turning malls
into places that allow more sociality. Such as vast
walkways, parks, and sidewalk café’s.
One of these is now in Calabasas California
where he has taken the common area and
designed it into a place that functions like a
traditional Main Street and where parking is
now underground.
4. Inaddition to these lifestyle centers, Kotkin
suggests making a new neighborhood
network.
The Flatbush Family Network is a popular parent-
oriented network in Southern California.
Other groups also started working as agents to
these family and community activities.
Other alternatives to these neighborhoods
include digital networks as well.
